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VidaBox adds tablet control for its Media Center PCs, iPad is first in line
Tablet control for HTPCs is nothing new to VidaBox , but with users quickly buying up tablets of their own it’s switched focus from the proprietary vPad and $2,600 TouchClient to wider compatibility through web apps.
Keeping it real fake: ePhone won’t shatter when you drop it, might melt in the sun
We’re guessing that there won’t be many tech sites lineblogging outside the Shenzhen KIRF stalls when the ePhone 4GS finally gets a release date.
What happened to the white iPhone 4?
It shouldn’t come as much of a surprise, but Best Buy has just gotten around to confirming that it won’t have any stock of the white iPhone 4 come launch day on Thursday — the same situation that both AT&T and Apple itself are in. For many buyers, it’s not a big deal — either they don’t mind the black version, or they’d planned on buying black anyway — but for others, this is putting a significant crimp on the launch day festivities
Acer Aspire Timeline X laptops arrive stateside sans ULV processors
Acer’s Timeline X laptops have been popping up around the world for over three months now, but the thin and light machines are finally making their way to this side of the globe, and we can only hope they’re as excited as we are.
FCC’s Spectrum Task Force makes first snatch-and-grab, kidnaps up to 90MHz from satellite band
Even if you’re the Federal Communications Commission, freeing up half a gigahertz of wireless spectrum isn’t an easy task , but things become easier when you have top men on the job. The FCC’s freshly deputized Spectrum Task Force may have just proven its worth, by shifting up to 90MHz from mobile satellite services to cellular broadband. To placate those who might be opposed to the measure, the FCC says it “remains firmly committed” to rural, emergency and government satellites, plus points out precedents like the SkyTerra LTE deal in March..
iOS 4 privacy policy updated: Apple can anonymously collect location data, you can take away iAds’ cookies
It may not be a big deal — Android’s done it for years — but some will no doubt be interested to learn that Apple can monitor your GPS. In the latest revision of its privacy policy, presumably updated for iOS 4 , it revealed the company can anonymously track the “real-time geographic location” of devices and is free to share that data with “partners and licensees” as well.
