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News Byte

Details on Microsoft Windows Phone 8 Leaked

in Mobile on February 2 at 2:29 pm PT

Windows Phone 8, Microsoft’s next mobile operating system, is expected to include support for multicore processors, microSD card storage and NFC capabilities, Pocketnow.com reports, citing a leaked video hosted by senior vice president and Windows Phone manager Joe Belfiore. While the current version features a similar “Metro” user interface as Microsoft’s Windows 8 OS for desktops, it uses a Windows CE core that is quite different from desktop Windows. Windows Phone 8, according to the leaks, will be based on a desktop Windows core. Windows Phone 8 is rumored to be launching sometime in the fourth quarter; Microsoft declined to comment on the reports.

Tango Video Calls Make It to the PC — But Are Windows-Only for Now

in Social on September 30, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

“We thought we could skip the PC generation, but it’s a problem we could not ignore,” said Tango’s CTO Eric Setton. So now, starting today, Tango is coming to the PC.
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Techies Pause Long Hours for Long Weekend of Snow Kiting in Utah

in Social on January 24, 2011 at 4:20 pm PT

It’s a good time to be an entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, and not just because the parties are getting swankier. More than 30 techies went snow kiting in Park City, Utah, over MLK weekend on a trip organized and funded by the venture capital firm Charles River Ventures.

Skype Does Better With Group Calls Than Mobile

in Personal Technology on January 12, 2011 at 6:03 pm PT

Walt tests two new Skype features: mobile video calling, and computer-based group videoconferencing.

Tango Brings a New Face to Mobile Video Calls

in Personal Technology on September 29, 2010 at 6:07 pm PT

A number of companies are scrambling to provide free video calling between mobile phones. Walt tests Tango, a new entry that aims to be more versatile, and almost as simple, as Apple’s FaceTime.

Woz Gets Hipchecked Off the Dance Floor: Big, Big Sigh…

in News on April 1, 2009 at 1:20 am PT

Oh horror of horrors–Steve Wozniak got sent home last night on the ABC celebrity hoofer-fest, “Dancing with the Stars.” Whatever will BoomTown do without the peculiar gyrations of the Apple co-founder to praise effusively and mock relentlessly at the very same time? But with a truly terrible Tango and the lowest judges’ score (12 out of 30) of the remaining 11 contestants from his Monday night outing, Woz’s only chance was the voters at home. They let Woz down.
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Woz to DWTS Judges: "I'm Still Standing" (And Still Dancing as Bad as He Can!)

in News on March 31, 2009 at 2:38 am PT

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak revved his damn-the-judges juggernaut into high gear this week with yet another low-scoring performance on ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” and a full-bore mangle of the Argentine tango last night. Interestingly, as the trio of judges dinged him for the fourth week in a row, they also tried to compliment Wozniak at the same time, telling him they loved his spirit. Oh, these judges know that a Silicon Valley mob riding Segways could run them down at any minute if they got too mean. “The judges have forsaken me,” said Woz, sounding more and more like a very appealing nerd cult leader. “But the geeks shall inherit the earth.”
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Woz Lives to Stumble Around, Oops, Tango, Another Day!

in News on March 25, 2009 at 12:01 am PT

Getting a foot fracture, pulling a hamstring, claiming there was a voting conspiracy, getting an abysmal score of 10 out of 30 from the judges (the lowest score ever) and, of course, dancing with as much grace as a block of cement were not enough to sink the Good Ship Wozniak last night on “Dancing With the Stars.” Instead, the people spoke loud and proud for continued goofiness by voting for the clod-hopping Apple co-founder in droves and tossing off actress and Charlie Sheen nemesis, Denise Richards. Next up: Tango Argentina! Or, most likely in Woz’s version: Mangled Argentina.
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