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AOL Pictures Launches Offering 100 Free Prints
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Corporate News, Hot Deals, Internet,
AOL has just launched AOL Pictures, a digital photo solution for consumers who want an easy way to view, share, store, print and protect all of their favorite images. The free photo sharing website offers consumers unlimited online digital photo storage in original resolution, tools that make it easier to create photo albums, and all the other standard photo sharing fare. According to a new AOL survey, Americans expect to take more than 137,000 photos in their lifetime with three-quarters sending photos to friends and family over the holidays. That being said, AOL Pictures is offering consumers 100 free 4x6 glossy or matte prints.
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Nokia Acquires IntelliSync
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Smartphones, Corporate News, Software,
Nokia and Intellisync announced they signed a definitive agreement for Nokia to acquire Intellisync, a leader in platform-independent wireless messaging and applications for mobile devices. By acquiring Intellisync, Nokia is positioned to deliver the industry’s most complete offering for the development, deployment and management of mobility in the enterprise. Intellisync makes wireless e-mail, synchronisation and device management software and the company supports a wide range of mobile devices. The acquisition may also provide an opening for Nokia to sell to CDMA operators. Nokia’s strongest customer base comes from the GSM community but Intellisync has customers, including Verizon Wireless, in the CDMA market. Read on for the full press release.
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Xbox 360 Omega Bundle Winner
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Announcements, Features, Video Games,
So, back at the beginning of September, we announced that we would be giving away an Xbox 360 Omega Bundle from Gamestop. Being the smart guys that we are, we knew they would sell out, and ordered quickly. We just needed to know where to send the damned thing. After eliminating and disqualifying those who entered more than once, we contacted two legitimate winners. The first two people gave false email addresses, which means they don’t get the prize. As they say, the third time is a charm, and Mitch G. walks away with the Omega Bundle due to his giving us valid contact information. Enjoy yourself, Mitch. We haven’t even pre-ordered our own.
To all the rest, keep an eye out. We have a giveaway that is going to be even bigger than this one in our 2006 Holiday Gift Guide.
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What in the…? Is AOL seriously doing things so horribly wrong that t heir subscribers are turning away in droves? Or is this a case of customers finally having an easy way to get out of their AOL membership since AOL’s recent revamp of their cancellation procedures?
As of September 30, the AOL service totaled 20.1 million U.S. members, a decline of 678,000 from the prior quarter and 2.6 million from the year-ago quarter. In Europe, the AOL service had 6.1 million members, a decrease of 98,000 from the previous quarter and a decline of 170,000 from last year’s quarter.
Now, average that out, and you find that AOL lost 300 members every hour in that three month period. Wow.
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Microsoft Readies The Xbox 360 For Launch
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Corporate News, Video Games,
There is a ton of information that has been made public over the past couple of days on the Xbox 360 front. First, Microsoft has finally released the official list of 18 games that will be available on or before the November 22 launch date. Furthermore, the company has also let us know which current generation games will be compatible with the Xbox 360. Finally, PlayFeed has a few images of Hanger 703 in Palmdale, California. This is the spot where Microsoft will be holding the Xbox 360 Zero Hour launch event. As you can see in the images, construction is steadily under way.
Gear Live Now Offering Tons of Free Magazine Subscriptions
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So, check it. If you are into technology, gaming, software, development, business, the Internet, multimedia, or just getting things for free, you need to check out our new magazine subscription page. There are literally hundreds of publications to choose from, and the best part is that they are all free. In fact, you can order as many - or as little - as you like. It’s all on the house. Now, the best part is that every item you subscribe to nets us at Gear Live $1. Not only do you get new bathroom reading material, but you end up helping us as well. Of course, you can also help by voting for us in the BLOG-X 2005 Tech Blog contest. Happy reading.
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Xbox 360 Zero Hour Construction Images
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Corporate News, Xbox 360,
So Microsoft is hard at work getting their airplane hangar ready for the Xbox 360 Zero Hour launch party. In fact, we were just sent these images to prove it. We have a couple more after the jump.
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Vote for Gear Live: Best Independent Tech Blog of 2005
Posted by Andru Edwards Categories: Announcements,
Wow, we didn’t even think we would make it to the top ten, but thanks to you readers, we are in the running! The TechWeb Blog-X Awards are now open for voting, and Gear Live is one of the ten choices that you can elect as the best independent tech blog of 2005. We have some stiff competition among us, so if you like what we do here, be a gem and give us a vote. Heck, we aren’t in it for the $500 Starbucks gift card, but the added readership would sure open up a lot more opportunities for content across our network.
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The Sony HDR-HC1 has taken the top honor of the 2005 CamInfo Select list, and understandably so. It comes in at just under $2,000, making it the cheapest high definition camcorder around. JVC, Everio, and Canon also get mentions on the list, which just so happens to be a great tool for anyone looking to buy a camcorder for a special someone this holiday season.
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We’ve been speculating for a while now that people with non-HD TVs might actually end up getting the best gameplay out of the Xbox 360, depending on how the hardware handles the rendering. Why? Because with all the extra work being done to output at 720p, we figured that holding a steady framerate might be tricky, or even impossible.
Turns out we were half-right. Already one of the Xbox 360 launch titles has been “caught” putting out a 1024x600 screenshot, far less than the 1368x720 needed to qualify for 720p, becuase Bizzare Creations couldn’t get the game to a stable framerate at full-res. The half-right comes in because the hardware apparently scales the game up to 720p automatically (probably the same thing they’re doing for backwards compatability). So running your games in 480i probably wouldn’t yield any performance benefits.
The good news, if there is any, is that launch titles frequently aren’t using the full power of the hardware, which is usually starting to become truly tapped in about the third year. Odds are, Bizzare just didn’t have the time to fully optimize the game, giving a lower-res presentation. And the fact is, most people will never notice.
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