http://techmento.com Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:01:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://techmento.com/2011/09/22/2011-facebook-f8-live-conference/ http://techmento.com/2011/09/22/2011-facebook-f8-live-conference/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:13:14 +0000 Dirk Digler http://techmento.com/?p=18228 http://techmento.com/2011/09/22/2011-facebook-f8-live-conference/feed/ 0 http://techmento.com/2011/08/06/siriusxm-revamps-entire-system-stay-competitive/ http://techmento.com/2011/08/06/siriusxm-revamps-entire-system-stay-competitive/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 19:40:09 +0000 Mike Bremin http://techmento.com/?p=18222 SiriusXM satellite radio will soon offer personal radio channels, kinda like what Pandora has got going on for them. I guess SiriusXM thought it was time to change the way they operate if they plan on remaining a player in the audio space.

SiriusXM's new radio channels will be able to replay, skip, and ban songs, as well as some on-demand features. You'll also be able to use it on your TiVo which might make the hefty monthly packages a bit more reasonable.]]> http://techmento.com/2011/08/06/siriusxm-revamps-entire-system-stay-competitive/feed/ 0 http://techmento.com/2011/08/06/htc-acquired-dashwire-cloud-safety/ http://techmento.com/2011/08/06/htc-acquired-dashwire-cloud-safety/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 19:27:12 +0000 Sarah Branny http://techmento.com/?p=18217 HTC has just purchased Dashwire, a Seattle-based company. If you haven't heard of Dashwire before, they are famous for creating a platform that allows users to back up their important data on their phones to a cloud-based system.

Dashwire is going to become a subsidiary of HTC and the company popular for their smartphones, plans on integrating Dashwire's technology into its own HTCSense.com cloud services.]]> http://techmento.com/2011/08/06/htc-acquired-dashwire-cloud-safety/feed/ 0 http://techmento.com/2011/08/06/pandoras-layout-supposed/ http://techmento.com/2011/08/06/pandoras-layout-supposed/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 17:36:09 +0000 Ashim Neogy http://techmento.com/?p=18212 Pandora's new layout is a welcome change for me, primarily because it is based on HTML5. With the previous version of Pandora, my 32-bit Firefox browser would often crash on my 64-bit operating system due to the flash player.

Since, I no longer use Firefox, it hasn't been a problem with good ol' trusty Chrome, but it's still nice to know that Firefox will be safe.]]> http://techmento.com/2011/08/06/pandoras-layout-supposed/feed/ 0 http://techmento.com/2011/08/06/g-invite-sharing-system-150-invites-person/ http://techmento.com/2011/08/06/g-invite-sharing-system-150-invites-person/#comments Sat, 06 Aug 2011 06:01:11 +0000 Mike Bremin http://techmento.com/?p=18207 Google+ invites used to be extremely rare, and even Google themselves pulled the plug on the invite system a couple times, claiming that they were overwhelmed with people wanting to join the new social network.

I remember anxiously awaiting myself, and quickly joining to see what it was all about once my boss sent me an invite. Fortunately, any Google+ user can invite some of their friends, but it's about to get even easier.]]> http://techmento.com/2011/08/06/g-invite-sharing-system-150-invites-person/feed/ 1 http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/intel-rethinks-netbook-strategy/ http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/intel-rethinks-netbook-strategy/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 22:55:17 +0000 Fouad Ahmed http://techmento.com/?p=18179 Intel's netbook was a success due to it's low price, but now the netbook might not attract so many people as it did before.]]> http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/intel-rethinks-netbook-strategy/feed/ 0 http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/free-3d-vod-samsung-reaches-india/ http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/free-3d-vod-samsung-reaches-india/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 21:46:51 +0000 Emmanuel Pantaleon http://techmento.com/?p=18185 Samsung's 3D Video On Demand service is now available for Indian consumers. The VOD service is already available in South Korea and will allow users to watch 3D video content on their 3DTVs without any additional fees.

Users will only need a couple things to get started. First, they have to download the Explore 3D app from the Samsung TV apps store. The second thing is, obviously, having a 3DTV. Those two things will allow users to enjoy hot content such as movie trailers, music videos, documentaries, you name it!]]> http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/free-3d-vod-samsung-reaches-india/feed/ 0 http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/microsoft-offers-250k-prize-hacking-competition/ http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/microsoft-offers-250k-prize-hacking-competition/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 21:30:25 +0000 Mike Bremin http://techmento.com/?p=18178 Microsoft are hoping to turn hackers into cyber security for the Digital Media giant. The company is offering hackers $250K to develop new security defenses for the organization.

It's called the BlueHat Prize and is open to programmers all around the world. First prize is valued at $200,000 and goes to whoever develops the 'best' way to prevent cyber attacks. The second and third best strategists will share a $50K prize, and will each be able to develop their own subscription of their software for development.]]> http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/microsoft-offers-250k-prize-hacking-competition/feed/ 0 http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/sony-ericsson-wilhelmina-concept-panoramic-phone/ http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/sony-ericsson-wilhelmina-concept-panoramic-phone/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 21:16:35 +0000 Ashim Neogy http://techmento.com/?p=18168
The gorgeous device looks much nicer than the stereotypical PS Vita. It caries two borderless touchscreens and offers a widescreen view for the player.]]> http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/sony-ericsson-wilhelmina-concept-panoramic-phone/feed/ 0 http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/gmail-finally-introduces-preview-pane-desktop-computers/ http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/gmail-finally-introduces-preview-pane-desktop-computers/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 21:07:03 +0000 Mike Bremin http://techmento.com/?p=18146 Google, people have started to switch to GMail massively. But not many people would find GMail the way they hoped it to be. When i switched to GMail, i didnt find it much impressive and to me, it seemed like old-fashioned inbox. I was pretty much used to the Preview Pane which Yahoo, Hotmail and almost every other e-mail websites provided. ]]> http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/gmail-finally-introduces-preview-pane-desktop-computers/feed/ 3 http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/worlds-smallest-battery/ http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/worlds-smallest-battery/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:48:08 +0000 Sarah Branny http://techmento.com/?p=18137 Rice University has proved that the work done by Lithium-Ion batteries can also be done with very tiny batteries, which Rice University just produced. The researchers have packed the energy produced by an entire Lithium-Ion battery into a small nanowire. This battery is 6 times thinner than a bacterium, 100 times thinner than a human hair and 60,000 times smaller than a AAA batttery.]]> http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/worlds-smallest-battery/feed/ 0 http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/chrome-os-hacked-now/ http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/chrome-os-hacked-now/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:36:17 +0000 Mike Bremin http://techmento.com/?p=18132 Google has stated time and time again how secure its Chrome operating system was, we've just got wind that the operating system has been hacked. Now, before you start freakin' out, don't worry, it wasn't some 14 year old.

The hackers were actually two researchers from the Black Hat security conference with White Hat security and they got through the ScratchPad- a Chrome application that lets you compose text files and save them to Google Docs.]]> http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/chrome-os-hacked-now/feed/ 0 http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/motorola-launching-3-5-inch-android-smartphone/ http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/motorola-launching-3-5-inch-android-smartphone/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:15:57 +0000 Fouad Ahmed http://techmento.com/?p=18110 Motorola Mobility announced to launch it's latest XT531 Android smartphone which they claim is a budget-friendly smartphone. The smartphone will be released in China. The XT531 runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread featuring a 800MHz chipset and 512 onboard memory. It has a 5MP camera with built in flash and auto focus. It also has a front VGA camera for video calls and online chat.]]> http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/motorola-launching-3-5-inch-android-smartphone/feed/ 0 http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/google-withholding-android-developer-payments/ http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/google-withholding-android-developer-payments/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:14:54 +0000 Zachary Thompson http://techmento.com/?p=18117
According to a report by The Register, Android developers receipts aren't matching the actual number that they are selling and are only getting paid for half of their applications.]]> http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/google-withholding-android-developer-payments/feed/ 0 http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/sony-modifies-android-honeycomb-s-tablets/ http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/sony-modifies-android-honeycomb-s-tablets/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:57:44 +0000 Ashim Neogy http://techmento.com/?p=18111 Android fans will attest that the mobile operating system is perfect in its true form, there are still companies and organizations who think it could be made better, and Sony is among them.

Now, before you picture any major changes, stop. Sony won't be making any 'deep' system changes, but more of the cosmetic type. The launcher, for example, is only slightly changed with added functionality that lets you access the network settings much easier.]]> http://techmento.com/2011/08/05/sony-modifies-android-honeycomb-s-tablets/feed/ 0