Smartphones Taking Bite Out of Point-and-Shoot Market, Says NPD

People will spend less coin on digital cameras this holiday season as they increasingly rely on smartphone cameras to capture both spontaneous moments and vacation shots, a survey from the research firm NPD Group suggests. While the results should not surprise, given the higher quality cameras increasingly built into popular phones -- the iPhone 4S packs an 8-megapixel model, up from 5 on the iPhone 4 -- the survey offers a quantified look at how much the smartphone market is eating into the low-end camera market. Who Needs A Camcorder? The percentage of photos taken with a smartphone by a sample group answering...

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A feat of strength: Festivus thrives online

CaptainBlueHen.comaOne of many interpretations of Festivus.aBy Athima ChansanchaiWhen "Seinfeld" first introduced "Festivus" to mainstream America in 1997, the show's writers probably had no idea that 14 years later not only would it still be celebrated every Dec. 23, but that it would fit so well in an online world where "airing of the grievances" is pretty much a regular pastime.aFor those of you who haven't caught the episode in countless reruns, "Festivus for the rest of us" became a catchphrase after the show's fictional Frank Costanza (George's dad) introduced it as an all-inclusive, secular alternative to Christmas consumerism. See if this jogs your memory:aThe Festivus story, as told by Frank ConstanzaaThe New York Times explained to viewers years later that the holiday had actually...

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Bobbie's Buzz: Must-have tech-cessories

TODAY style editor Bobbie Thomasa By Bobbie ThomasBy the end of the month, there will be countless proud, new owners of smart phones, tablets, mp3 players and more, so TODAY style editor and Bobbie.com's Bobbie Thomas looks ahead to the latest and greatest tech-cessories for the new year.aJust your typeTouch screen devices are becoming a way of life in many parts of the country, but for those of us still tied to "old school" keyboards, The Sharper Image has developed a clever solution. Their iPhone Slideout Keyboard Case puts QWERTY-style, type-able buttons in the palm of your hand. Simply attach the case, pull out the keyboard and quickly knock out emails, texts and more. Just like the good ol' days! ($74.99; thesharperimage.com)aBling your budsWhile you may have seen crystal-encrusted...

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Inti dan TelkomSigma Klarifikasi ke BRTI

Inti dan TelkomSigma Klarifikasi ke BRTI Jakarta - PT Inti dan TelkomSigma mendatangi kantor Badan Regulasi Telekomunikasi Indonesia (BRTI) untuk memberikan klarifikasi terkait masuknya mereka dalam daftar nama content provider (CP) dengan shortcode tak berizin."Sehabis Telkom, kita kedatangan juga dari PT Inti. Sama-sama klarifikasi layanan dia. Kesimpulan juga sama masih akan dipelajari lebih jauh," kata anggota BRTI M Ridwan Effendi kepada detikINET, Jumat (23/12/2012).Seperti diberitakan sebelumnya, nama PT Inti dan TelkomSigma (Sigma...

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Menanti Makin Merakyatnya Teknologi Awan di 2012

Menanti Makin Merakyatnya Teknologi 'Awan' di 2012 Jakarta - Berbagai vendor pada tahun 2011 sejatinya terbilang gencar dalam mempromosikan kemampuan teknologi komputasi awan (cloud computing). Namun apakah hal itu benar-benar dapat diikuti dunia industri? Sepertinya masih sulit diprediksi. Namun keyakinan yang sama muncul kala menyambut tahun 2012. Dimana teknologi awan diyakini akan memiliki peran penting dalam mengendalikan tren teknologi.Menurut Steve Herrod, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) dan Senior Vice President Reasearch &...

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3 Aplikasi Pembaca Layar Gratisan untuk Tunanetra

3 Aplikasi Pembaca Layar Gratisan untuk Tunanetra Jakarta - Aplikasi pembaca layar (screen reader) adalah piranti lunak yang digunakan tunanetra untuk mengoperasikan komputer. Sayangnya, rata-rata screen reader komersial harganya selangit, sehingga banyak tunanetra yang hanya dapat merasakan versi demonya saja. Nah, kali ini penulis ingin berbagi informasi tentang beberapa pembaca layar gratisan yang dapat dimanfaatkan tunanetra tanpa perlu mengeluarkan biaya sepeser pun!Kalau boleh dibilang, screen reader adalah "mata" bagi tunanetra...

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TweetDeck Kurangi Crash di Update Terbaru

TweetDeck Kurangi Crash di Update Terbaru Jakarta - Sejak TweetDeck dirilis, banyak yang mengeluhkan performa dan ketidakstabilan Twitter client ini. Oleh karena itulah Twitter membuat perbaikan untuk memperbaiki isu tersebut di update terbarunya.Twitter baru saja merilis TweetDeck 1.1 untuk desktop sekaligus versi web berbasis Chrome. Bila dicermati, versi ini tidak jauh berbeda dengan versi 1.0.Tak ada penambahan fitur baru di sini, yang mana mungkin mengecewakan bagi sejumlah pengguna. Namun Twitter menjanjikan bahwa dengan mengupdate...

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Nimbula Offers Service for Private Cloud Building

Companies wanting to move from a public to a private cloud have the option of a new service. This week, Mountain View, Calif.-based Nimbula announced its Cloud Migration Service. Nimbula said its Migration Service is designed for those companies that start out in a public cloud infrastructure, such as Amazon's Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), because they want to avoid initial capital investment or they need to address rapid growth, or both. After the initial growth phase, and once they have a handle on the workload required, an internal cloud is often planned in order to control expenses and to complement the public workload....

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Hacker China Dituding Jebol Sistem Komputer Kadin AS

Hacker China Dituding Jebol Sistem Komputer Kadin AS Jakarta - Peretas China dituding terlibat dalam aksi pembobolan sistem pertahanan komputer milik Kamar Dagang dan Industri Amerika Serikat yang terjadi tahun lalu. Sejumlah data penting para anggotanya pun diduga berhasil diintip.Tuduhan itu dilontarkan Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) yang menemukan bahwa, salah satu server di China memiliki sejumlah data rahasia yang diduga dicuri dari lembaga tersebut. Namun hal itu dibantah oleh pemerintah China. "Tak ada yang bisa dikatakan...

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Social media powers these Christmas tree lights

By Suzanne ChoneySome wags may think this is the best use of social media ever: Helping to light up a 30-foot Christmas tree in Toronto's Union Station.a"The tree takes positive Christmas chatter in social media and uses the data to light up the 30,000 LED lights strung around it," explains Sheldon Levine of Sysomos on the company's blog:a Each color of light represents Christmas spirit coming from a different social channel. White lights represent social networks like Twitter and public Facebook statuses, red for blog and forum posts, green for online news and blue lights for messages sent through text [directly to] ChristmasSpiritTree.ca. The more social media spirit that comes in at one time the brighter the tree shines. As well, there are a few Easter egg words (#santa,...

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900 Juta Komputer Tablet akan Banjiri Dunia

900 Juta Komputer Tablet akan Banjiri Dunia Jakarta - Dunia sedang menghadapi era komputer tablet. Menurut berbagai riset, perangkat mobile berbasis layar sentuh ini akan terus tumbuh pesat penjualannya."Jumlah penjualan komputer tablet diestimasi mencapai 900 juta pada tahun 2016," tukas Pieter Lydian, Country Manager Dell Indonesia di Menara BCA, Kamis (22/12/2011).Estimasi penjualan yang hampir mencapai 1 miliar unit tersebut berdasarkan analisis dari biro riset Gartner. Salah satu faktor pemicunya adalah semakin banyaknya generasi...

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AT&T Growth Plans Pressured by Verizon Spectrum Deals

With its bid for T-Mobile officially over, AT&T faces a spectrum crunch exacerbated by the slowness of regulators to approve its earlier spectrum deal with Qualcomm, even as the wireless carrier is forced to part with advanced wireless solutions spectrum. AT&T's loss of AWS spectrum is a break-up provision in the merger contract it signed with T-Mobile's parent company, Deutsche Telekom, last March. T-Mobile's AWS spectrum windfall, courtesy of AT&T, will provide coverage in 128 U.S. cellular markets, including Los Angeles, Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Phoenix, San Diego, San Francisco,...

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Obama on dancing games: 'I get graded F'

President Barack Obama goes shopping for his girls and picks up the video game "Just Dance 3.". In-Game's Todd Kenreck reports.a...

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Man proposes using Internet meme flashcards

Crazy Monkey StudioaScreenshot from the Meme Proposal videoaBy Athima ChansanchaiInternet memes aren't just for chuckles around the virtual water cooler — they can also be vital accessories in a moment that lasts a lifetime: the marriage proposal. Since everything that can be documented is documented, why not point cameras at this once intimate moment between two people, for others to have and to hold, for ever and always?aThe "Meme Proposal" between two young people, Tim and Audrey, takes place just outside a restaurant in Kuala Lumpur on Nov. 30, shot and edited by professional film crew Crazy Monkey Studio. And reminiscent of "Love Actually" (nice call, Gizmodo!), young Tim stands outside a glass door, looking in at his girlfriend Audrey, who's sitting with her friends eating...

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Indonesia Pasar Alami untuk NFC

'Indonesia Pasar Alami untuk NFC' Jakarta - Teknologi Near Field Communication (NFC) diyakini akan cepat berkembang dalam berbagai layanan berbasis ponsel. Indonesia pun dipercaya akan menjadi pasar yang alami untuk layanan-layanan NFC.NFC sendiri adalah teknologi konektivitas nirkabel berbasis teknologi Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) yang menggunakan induksi medan magnet untuk memungkinkan komunikasi antar perangkat elektronik dalam jarak yang dekat.Teknologi NFC tentunya dapat membuat hidup lebih mudah dalam melakukan transaksi,...

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Intel’s Atom powered smartphones and tablets shown off

Intel has been behind the curve when it comes to mobile processors in smartphones and tablets. While their success in the desktop and mobile processors for laptops is undeniable, other manufacturers like ARM, Texas Instruments and Nvidia have taken up huge chunks of this incredibly growing market. Recently Intel provided reference design smartphones and tablets to various manufacturer with their ‘Medfield’ processor powering Android Gingerbread. ”We expect products based on these to be announced in the first half of 2012,” said Stephen Smith, vice president of Intel’s architecture group to Technology Review who were lucky enough to check out the prototype in person. “The phone was powerful and pleasing to use, on a par with the latest iPhone and Android...

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Darth Vader Volkswagen ad tops Youtube most-viewed 2011 ads

Nowadays, companies make sure that every ad they make has the potential to go viral online. Most of them fail in their efforts but some of them pick up like fire and become highly viewed videos. Youtube today revealed their top 10 most viewed video ads and commericals for 2011 and a perfectly viral ad stands tall on top. The number 1 ad was the Volkswagen commercial starring a six year old kid dressed as Darth Vader and trying to use the Force on anything he can find. That is, of course, until he reaches his dad’s Volkswagen. Watch the ad below. Aside from that, here are the top 10 ads most of which were made for the internet. Tells you something about where advertising is heading in the future. 1. VW – The Force 2. T-Mobile – Royal Wedding 3. Chrysler – Imported From Detroit...

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Aplikasi iPad Ajari Pengguna Kuasai DSLR

Aplikasi iPad Ajari Pengguna Kuasai DSLR Jakarta - Tidak seperti kamera di kategori compact, kamera DLSR memiliki banyak konsep seperti aperture, shutter speed, focal lenght hingga ISO. Untuk itulah aplikasi iPad berikut dirilis guna memudahkan mereka yang baru saja beranjak memegang kamera jenis DSLR.Aplikasi untuk piranti iPad ini akan menyajikan tutorial untuk memaksimalkan pemakaian kamera profesional. Dinamakan Master Your SLR Camera, ia adalah perwujudan dari buku tradisional yang disajikan dengan multimedia menarik.Pengembangnya...

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Google activating 700k Android smartphones every day

Google’s platform chief, Andy Rubin, made a post on his Google+ profile that there are 700,000 Android smartphones being activated everyday. That’s a ridiculously large number, especially considering that just in Feb Eric Schmidt reported the daily activation number as 350k. In July this figure jumped to 500k activations every day.  In a mere 10 months the number of Android devices being activated daily has literally doubled. But what exactly does activation of an Android handset mean? For those inquiring minds Andy wrote, ”…and for those wondering, we count each device only once (ie, we don’t count re-sold devices), and “activations” means you go into a store, buy a device, put it on the network by subscribing to a wireless service.“...

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WD TV Remote, Aplikasi Ponsel untuk Kendalikan TV

WD TV Remote, Aplikasi Ponsel untuk Kendalikan TV Jakarta - Menambahkan fungsi remote control pada ponsel mungkin bukan hal baru, namun Western Digital (WD) mengklaim ada beberapa fitur menarik dari aplikasi mereka ini.Saat ini aplikasi WD TV Remote tersedia untuk perangkat berbasis iOS dan Andorid. Selain menyediakan semua fitur standar remote kontrol, WD TV juga memiliki fitur tambahan seperti gesture pad, yang berfungsi sebagai alat navigasi di layar.Kemudian aplikasi tersebut juga menyediakan papan ketik qwerty virtual membantu penggunanya...

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Researchers Develop Self-Healing Electronic Circuits

Self-healing electronic circuits. That 21st-century concept, which could extend the usable lifespan of electronic devices and batteries, has been accomplished by a team of researchers at the University of Illinois. The researchers, who had previously created self-healing polymers, have now implemented a similar approach for circuits. Microcapsules, with diameters as small as 10 microns, reside above a gold circuit line and, when a crack appears in the circuit, the microcapsules rupture and release liquid metal that repairs the break. The research is described in a paper published in the journal Advanced Materials. 'You...

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Asus Dituding Hasbro Curi Nama Transformer Prime

Asus Dituding Hasbro Curi Nama Transformer Prime Los Angeles - Produsen mainan yang memiliki franchise seluruh karakter robot Transformer, Hasbro, menuding Asus telah mencuri salah satu hak ciptanya dengan menghadirkan tablet PC Asus Transformer Prime. Keberatan itu diajukan melalui kuasa hukumnya di Los Angeles, Amerika Serikat. Menurut Hasbro, Asus ingin memanfaatkan kepopuleran Transformer agar lebih mudah memasarkan produk tersebut."Hasbro akan terus melindungi produknya dan menindak tegas siapapun yang menyalahgunakannya, dan Asus...

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Google says there are 700,000 Android activations a day

By Suzanne ChoneyAndy Rubin, Google's director of mobile platforms, says there are "now over 700,000 Android devices activated every day," sharing the news on Google's social networking site, G+. (Rubin put the words "Bureau of Android Statistics" under his name on the site.)a"... and for those wondering, we count each device only once (ie, we don't count re-sold devices), and 'activations' means you go into a store, buy a device, put it on the network by subscribing to a wireless service" for Android on a phone or tablet, he added, a few minutes after his original post.aThe numbers are more than double those reported by Google a year ago, when the company said there were 300,000 Android devices being activated daily.aGoogle's wireless competitors, including Apple, don't share such activation...

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Ini Dia Patung Perunggu Steve Jobs

Ini Dia Patung Perunggu Steve Jobs Budapes, Hungaria - 'Steve Jobs' menyapa warga Budapes, Hungaria. Ya, tentu saja itu hanyalah dalam bentuk patung perunggu yang dibuat sebuah perusahaan software Graphisoft.Kini pengerjaan patung seberat 220 kg tersebut sudah selesai dan telah resmi diperkenalkan ke publik. Ia ditempatkan di kompeks industri IT di Budapes.Latar belakang dari pembuatan patung ini adalah lantaran merasa hutang budi si punya hajat -- Graphisoft -- kepada bos Apple yang telah tiada tersebut. Alhasil, rasa penghormatan...

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