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Don’t act so surprised, folks! We knew the Magic Trackpad was coming and we also knew what it was: a mouse basically or an alternative to Apple’s current mice options. (…) Read the rest of Apple Magic Trackpad Official Today [Following New iMac, Mac Pro, 27-Inch Cinema Display & the Battery Charger, Apple Launched the Brand New Magic Trackpad; Spoiler It's a Mouse; Kinda'] © TFTS – Technology, Gadgets & Curiosities , 2010. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us

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Apple has had quite the busy morning, they have rolled out a new 27 inch LED Cinema Display , a new Mac Pro lineup , an updated iMac and the fabled Magic Trackpad. And while that may seem like a fairly complete list, they did have one smaller item slip in — a AA battery charger.

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Dan Worth, V3.co.uk , Tuesday 27 July 2010 at 14:02:00 Firm promises simple ‘red, yellow or green’ system with Client Health Score tool Aerohive has announced an update to its wireless LAN management system, which it claims will provide IT staff with a simpler way of monitoring Wi-Fi network performance….

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Aerohive offers traffic light Wi-Fi monitoring

It seems that all those tipsters suggesting Apple will launch today the new iMac line , the new MacPro line , the Magic Trackpad and the new Cinema Display model were right after all. We’ve just seen the new desktops and we’re now going to show you the 27-inch LED Cinema Display that became available today, although it will only be ready to ship to your door at some point in September.

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David Neal, V3.co.uk , Tuesday 27 July 2010 at 13:47:00 Consumers will accept targeted ads rather than charges Research from KPMG has uncovered a reluctance among UK consumers to pay for digital content. The firm’s Consumers and Convergence IV report found that UK citizens are less likely to…

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UK citizens unwilling to pay for digital content

Khidr Suleman, V3.co.uk , Tuesday 27 July 2010 at 13:36:00 Sales rise by a whopping 350 per cent, says Gfk Sales of Android-based smartphones have increased by 350 per cent since the first quarter of the year, according to the latest data from market research firm GfK Retail and Technology….

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Android smartphone sales rocket in Q2

Dan Worth, V3.co.uk , Tuesday 27 July 2010 at 12:58:00 Watchdog confirms that ‘accidentally’ collected data cannot identify individuals The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has revealed to V3.co.uk that it visited Google’s offices earlier this month to sample the Wi-Fi data collected by the search firm’s Street View cars….

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ICO visited Google to check Street View Wi-Fi data

Lawrence Latif, V3.co.uk , Tuesday 27 July 2010 at 12:43:00 Mac Pro, iMac and Cinema Display monitor all likely candidates for an update Apple has shuttered its online store amid speculation that new products are about to be unveiled. Rumours have been circulating that the firm will issue updates to its Mac Pro..

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Apple readies online store for new products

Dan Worth, V3.co.uk , Tuesday 27 July 2010 at 12:23:00 Customers paying for 24Mbit/s DSL only getting a quarter of that speed in reality Internet service providers (ISPs) routinely overstate broadband speeds, and rarely provide anything near the advertised capabilities, according to new research by Ofcom….

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UK broadband firms dramatically overstating speeds

photo: jurvetson Matthew Reyes sent word that the RocketMavericks launch event on Saturday in Nevada’s Black Rock desert was a resounding success. Traveling 28K feet aboard James Dougherty’s Intimidator-5 rocket was a payload consisting of a Nexus One/Arduino SmallSat. Matthew and his cohorts Chris Boshuizen & Will Marshall are championing the use of smartphone components to lower the cost of deploying a satellite and expect it to become even more affordable with every revision

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Nexus One/Arduino SmallSat satellite test launch video

David Neal, V3.co.uk , Tuesday 27 July 2010 at 11:48:00 Site will use real people to respond to complex queries Ask.com is rolling out a feature that will add human input into search results to provide what the firm claims will be correct and informed responses to queries….

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Ask adds human insight to search results

David Neal, V3.co.uk , Tuesday 27 July 2010 at 11:15:00 Village of Crumlin to get 50Mbit/s service Virgin Media will soon start offering Welsh villagers the chance to get a broadband connection via electricity cables. The firm has inked an agreement with local power company Surf Telecoms..

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Virgin begins electricity pole broadband trials in Wales

Based on research carried out by Gartner , it has been determined that a whopping 20% of social media users are ‘influencers.’ Considering the increasing importance of such media in news dissemination and increasing website traffic, how can this information be exploited? Grouped into ‘Salesmen,’ ‘Connectors’ and ‘Mavens,’ this 20% is able to influence over 70% of other users’ activity.

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How to increase your chances of influencing social networks

Can’t get advertised speed range? Cancel your contract Brits will now have the option of leaving a broadband contract without being penalised if they find within three months of signing up that their actual speed is significantly below the estimate they were given when purchasing the package.

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Brits can get out of broadband contracts with no penalty

Even though newspapers sell only about half as many copies in France as in Britain or Germany and young people buy papers particularly infrequently, Play Bac has succeeded in creating demand for a range of newspapers created specifically for children . Petit Quotidien (6-9 years), Mon Quotidien (10-14 years), and L’Actu (14 years and up up) have combined circulation of 165,000. Is there any magic to this

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French children stay off the screen long enough to read a newspaper

Mobiola Headset iPhone App Lets You Record Skype Calls [IphoneApps] The Mobiola Headset app for the iPhone offers a simple and easy option to record VoIP calls. It turns your iPhone into a mobile headset for your desktop PC too

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Mobiola Headset iPhone App Lets You Record Skype Calls [IphoneApps]

Inspired by our coverage here on MAKE of flower-pot cooker/smokers, Nigel Vezeau (Ottawa, Canada) created this lovely “Little Blue Egg, a Big Green Egg knockoff. He used two big flower pots, an Ikea table, and a few other scrounged bits and pieces. About six months ago I was at a friend’s place jamming, hanging out, generally having a good time

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Little Blue Egg — flower-pot grill

When people ask “what’s next” for Open Source Hardware, I think projects like this will be the direction some of the makers will head – Check out Sacha De’Angeli’s project, the first open source STM – Building the first Open Source (inexpensive) Scanning-Tunneling Electron Microscope (STM) – With just enough electronics knowledge to be dangerous and a lot of helpful friends, I embarked on the design and build of an arduino-controlled, affordable STM with the intention of releasing the hardware design, firmware, and software via open source licensing. The goal of this project is to address the following two problems in the world of STM: Problem 1: The Scanning-Tunneling Electron Microscope, capable of resolving individual atoms, is so elegant a device that it won the 1986 Nobel Prize in physics

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Building the first Open Source (inexpensive) Scanning-Tunneling Electron Microscope (STM)

Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Tuesday 27 July 2010 at 03:22:00 New version of graphics platform goes live The Khronos Group has posted the latest release of the 2D and 3D OpenGL graphics standard. The OpenGL 4.1 update includes tools to improve re-compilation times, along with 64-bit floating…

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Khronos Group releases OpenGL 4.1 standard

Shaun Nichols in San Francisco, V3.co.uk , Tuesday 27 July 2010 at 03:17:00 Fears about perception trump real-world issues, finds survey Online merchants worry more about perceived customer worries than actual security threats, according to a recent survey by VeriSign. The online security firm found that 88 per cent of IT..

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Customer confidence tops UK security worries