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It’s okay to peek: phone size comparison tool reveals how your equipment stacks up

It's okay to peek: size comparison tool reveals how your phone stacks up

See any trend emerging here? Yes, we agree that Google’s phones are getting hotter with each generation, but that’s not the answer we’re looking for. Here’s a hint: if you examine the above image really closely, you might also discover a progression toward larger handsets. In all seriousness, the above comparison was generated by phone-size.com, a website that’s quite useful to study the relative proportions of different smartphones. But wait, it gets even better. At the top of the webpage, you’ll also find a toolbar to plug in the size and aspect ratio of your display. Once you jump through this minor hoop, the utility produces accurate, life-size depictions of the smartphones — go ahead and hold your slab up to the screen, it really works. Before you dive in, however, be sure to hop the break: we’ve put together an entertaining look at the Xperia Mini, Titan and Streak 5 that you won’t want to miss.

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Jan 26, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

EA unable to gain rights to SSX.com

EA, in an attempt to gain ownership of SSX.com ahead of the series’ February relaunch, challenged Abstract Holdings International LTD’s claim on the address, saying that the URL was registered in “bad faith.” A panel at The National Arbitration Forum, however, has determined that EA’s argument was insufficient.

Jan 06, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

Belarus limits use of ‘foreign’ websites, while Kuala Lumpur mandates WiFi in eateries

Talk about polar opposites. In an update posted to the Library of Congress, we’re told that the Republic of Belarus will begin fining citizens that host domestic sites on “foreign” domains. Crazy? Definitely, but no less true. Starting later this week, any Belarusian not registered as an entrepreneur may use “only domestic internet domains for providing online services, conducting sales, or exchanging email messages.” According to the interpretation, it “appears that business requests from Belarus cannot be served over the internet if the service provider is using online services located outside of the country,” and police (as well as the secret police) are authorized to “initiate, investigate, and prosecute such violations.” Wilder still, owners of internet cafes could have their entire business shut down if users are found to be accessing external sites on those networks, and for those curious, the law “may” extend to browsing within one’s private home.

Jan 02, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

Belarus limits use of ‘foreign’ websites, while Kuala Lumpur mandates WiFi in eateries

Talk about polar opposites. In an update posted to the Library of Congress, we’re told that the Republic of Belarus will begin fining citizens that host domestic sites on “foreign” domains. Crazy? Definitely, but no less true. Starting later this week, any Belarusian not registered as an entrepreneur may use “only domestic internet domains for providing online services, conducting sales, or exchanging email messages.” According to the interpretation, it “appears that business requests from Belarus cannot be served over the internet if the service provider is using online services located outside of the country,” and police (as well as the secret police) are authorized to “initiate, investigate, and prosecute such violations.” Wilder still, owners of internet cafes could have their entire business shut down if users are found to be accessing external sites on those networks, and for those curious, the law “may” extend to browsing within one’s private home.

Jan 02, 2012 | 0 comments | View Post

Going Beyond Google

Starting your own business is a noble — not to mention exciting, rewarding and often crazy — undertaking. The experience is an adventure, to say the least, and no two entrepreneurial paths are exactly the same, whether they result in fame and fortune or just a few hard knocks.

Dec 29, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

Federal domain seizure raises new concerns over online censorship

It’s been a little more than a year since the US government began seizing domains of music blogs, torrent meta-trackers and sports streaming sites. The copyright infringement investigation, led by US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities, quickly raised eyebrows among many free speech and civil rights advocates, fueling a handful of legal challenges. Few are more compelling, or frightening than a case involving Dajaz1.com. As TechDirt reports, the popular hip-hop blog has been at the epicenter of a sinuous and seemingly dystopian dispute with the feds — one that underscores the heightening controversy surrounding federal web regulation, and blurs the constitutional divide between free speech and intellectual property protection.

Dajaz1 was initially seized under the 2008 Pro IP Act, on the strength of an affidavit that cited several published songs as evidence of copyright infringement. As it turns out, ,any of these songs were actually provided by their copyright holders themselves, but that didn’t stop the government from seizing the URL anyway, and plastering a warning all over its homepage. Typically, this kind of action would be the first phase of a two-step process. Once a property is seized, US law dictates that the government has 60 days to notify its owner, who can then choose to file a request for its return. If the suspect chooses to file this request within a 35-day window, the feds must then undertake a so-called forfeiture process within 90 days. Failure to do so would require the government to return the property to its rightful owner. But that’s not exactly how things played out in the case of Dajaz1. For more details on the saga, head past the break.

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Dec 09, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

GamePro magazine and website to shutter next month

GamePro magazine is set to shut down this coming month, owner IDG Games announced today. The magazine that enjoyed so much popularity in the 1990s will shut down its website in five days, and one more issue of the physical quarterly will be published.

Nov 30, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

Xbox.com upgrade will add new Social features, support for Xbox Live Beacons

The Xbox 360 hasn’t received its new coat of paint for the fall yet, but Microsoft just announced Xbox.com will be seeing similar changes in “the coming days.” The old “My Xbox” section is getting the boot in favor of a “Social” area that lets you keep track of your XBL friends, thanks to some of the new features enabled by the upcoming dashboard update. Before the dash update is released, Xbox.com users can check out Beacons that let them mark which games they’re willing to play, or check out a friends activity page that resembles recent additions to Facebook and Twitter by informing you what friends are up to in real-time. Also revamped is the video section that lets users buy or rent movies and TV shows for viewing on their console, Windows Phone or Zune. Hit the source link for a few more screens of its Metro UI-fashioned new face and additional details, we’ll let you know when it all goes live.

Xbox.com upgrade will add new Social features, support for Xbox Live Beacons originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 09 Nov 2011 07:22:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Nov 09, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post
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