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Softpedia Recommended Mac Apps of the Week – 20.09.2008

Scroll down and make your pick. Three new Mac apps are available for you to download and use for as long as you like. All three programs are Universal Binaries and require Tiger or higher.Architect – quickly design your own Leopard themeThe folks at Slightly Pretentious Software claim to have rolled out the pre...

20 September 2008
09:11 GMT

Apple Calls In iPhone 3G Ultracompact USB Power Adapters

Apple has announced that, under certain conditions, the ultracompact Apple USB power adapter’s metal prongs can break off and remain in a power outlet, creating the risk of "electric shock". Therefore, the company has announced the “Ultracompact USB Power Adapter Exchange Program”. Apple will exchan...

20 September 2008
08:53 GMT

Bring out the Best from Your Pictures

Last week I came back from a fabulous vacation, where I took hundreds of beautiful pictures, which I immediately shared with my friends. I was especially proud of the artistic side of some of them so, along with the preview, I opened iTunes for suiting music. The first picture was great. I started telling its story, ...

20 September 2008
07:38 GMT

Touch 'Em for iPhone and iPod – Where Animals Meet Multi-Touch Technology

Those who are in continuous search of new and cool games for their iPhone or iPod Touch might be happy (or at least pleased) to find out that Play 'Em, a young company appeared out of nowhere, have just released their first game called Touch 'Em.Touch 'Em is presented as a one of a kind take on th...

20 September 2008
07:25 GMT

Cuba Goes Out There

As Itar-Tass news agency reports, Anatoly Perminov, chief of the Russian Federal Space Agency, visited Caracas in order to talk to Venezuelan and Cuban officials. Within the recent few months, Russia has made efforts to improve its relations with both of these countries, as none of them is on good terms with Ame...

20 September 2008
07:08 GMT

“Downgrading” Apple - the Windows Brand vs. the Windows Products

Microsoft is without a doubt diversifying the collection of resources behind the new $300 million Widows marketing campaign created by advertising agency Crispin, Porter + Bogusky. From Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld's the Future Is Delicious to I'm a PC; Windows vs. Walls; Life Without Walls; the fake &ldqu...

20 September 2008
06:43 GMT

Bees United Against Hypertension

A recent study related to hypertension indicates that a possible cure may be obtained from honeybee venom. Hypertension is among the most frequently-encountered diseases worldwide.Based on the estimations made by The American Heart Association, genetic inheritance, as well as high-fat and salt-saturated diets cause 7...

20 September 2008
06:23 GMT

Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Now on BlackBerries

The Canadian smartphone manufacturer Research In Motion announced that, as of now, its BlackBerry Enterprise Solution is compatible with Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007, allowing corporate users to enjoy an improved instant messaging mobile experience.The 2007 edition of Microsoft's solution comes wi...

20 September 2008
06:17 GMT

Friendly Bacteria in Our Gut Avoids Immune System

Genetics and medicine researchers were always surprised to find that our immune system in the gut, while able to fight off bacterial infections, simultaneously remained tolerant towards the friendly resident bacteria. But a recent study reveals that the newly-discovered “pims” gene gets activated by the g...

20 September 2008
05:29 GMT

HTC Touch Pro and HTC Touch Viva, Available Soon in Taiwan

Although Taiwan is HTC's home country, the company's Touch Pro Pocket PC has not been released there yet. But this is about to change in the near future, as the Windows Mobile handset manufacturer intends to strike a deal with Far EasTone, Taiwan's third largest mobile carrier, in order to start s...

20 September 2008
05:20 GMT

Intel Dual-Core Atom 330 on the Loose

Intel announced having already begun shipping its first dual-core version of the Atom microprocessor. Dual-core Atom, also known as Atom 330, will probably put an end to the single-core version of the chip. As the company announced, the pricing information and data sheets for customers would be available starting Mon...

20 September 2008
05:10 GMT

First Planet to Circle “Normal” Star Found

Hawaii's Gemini North telescope helped capture the image of a planet orbiting a star which resembles our Sun. This is a historical event for astronomers.Ten years ago, 1RXS J160929.1-210524 was identified by Thomas Preibisch and his team as a 5 million-year old pre-main sequence star located about 470 light year...

20 September 2008
04:32 GMT

Fresh Air Can Cool Data Centers, Says Intel

Intel has recently concluded a ten-month experiment on energy saving solutions for data centers announcing that a possible answer to power and money saving would be fresh air cooling. According to the chip manufacturer giant, the experiment took place in the New Mexico desert, and air conditioning was replaced with p...

20 September 2008
04:19 GMT

Google's Dream Phone Out in the Sun

If you ever feared the Google phone (also known as HTC Dream, HTC G1 and so on) doesn't exist, fear no more: the Android-powered weird-shaped device has recently  appeared in a mini-set of live images, caressed by sun and a pair of mysterious hands.So, following Rene Descartes' “I think, the...

20 September 2008
04:17 GMT

Foresight Linux Releases Kid's Edition

Foresight Linux Kid's Edition has been announced yesterday by Ken VanDine on his blog, and it is a Linux distribution oriented towards children which comes packed with many applications for educational and entertainment use. Foresight Linux Kid's Edition also has a highly customized GNOME desktop environmen...

20 September 2008
04:01 GMT

Fusion-IO Launches the Fastest SSD Ever

Fusion-IO managed to take the concept of Solid State Drive to a whole new level through the launch of their new ioDrive able to reach the highest levels of performance ever delivered by a SSD. The new Fusion-IO product does not resemble a standard SSD, either in form or in delivered speed, which is stated to reach 80...

20 September 2008
03:17 GMT


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