iPhone FINALLY Available For Verizon Next Month

We've waited and waited, and now Apple and Verizon have made a million dreams come true: the iPhone is coming to Big Red. After talking up his new LTE network a bit, Verizon CEO Lowell McAdam confirmed a CDMA (non-LTE) version of the iPhone 4 is coming to Verizon Wireless next month. Talks started way back in 2008, and the phone has been in testing for a year -- it sounds like they wanted to get this one right. Current Verizon customers will be able to pre-order on February 3rd for the standard $200 price for the 16GB model on a two year agreement, $300 for the 32GB version -- everyone else can order on February 10th (see it compared with AT&T's iPhone 4). Just to clarify and put any wild rumors to bed, the phone is Verizon 3G (EV-DO) only, no 4G data or GSM roaming. It's not a world phone or an AT&T + Verizon phone, it's just a Verizon phone.

Outside of Verizon connectivity, the phone is basically unchanged, although Verizon's CDMA network doesn't support simultaneous voice and data as with the GSM version. It does have the new antenna design we were hearing about last week, but that's just because CMDA requires a different configuration of antennas. (Apple says they didn't go LTE just yet because first-gen chipsets would force unwanted design decisions, and customers want a Verizon device now.) That slight modification also equates to a slight bump in where the volume buttons and mute switch -- a new case might be required. Software-wise the big innovation is five user WiFi hotspot functionality, something that's standard on Android phones, while Apple has kept the iPhone only able to tether directly to one computer.

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How To Install Windows 7 With Only Upgrade DVD

To install Windows 7 using only the upgrade version follow these steps:

1. Install Windows like you normally would making sure to select the Custom option (I am not going to go over this in detail. If you need help installing Windows search for instruction on Google)

2. When you get to the step that asks for the product key leave it blank and finish the setup.

3. When it boots into Windows go to Start and type regedit in the search box.

4. From regedit search for MediaBootInstall and change the 1 to 0 and exit regedit.

5. Got to Start and type cmd making sure to push ctrl+Shift+Enter instead of just Enter

6. Type slmgr /rearm and push enter. Restart the computer.

7. Go to start and type Activate Windows.

8. Finish activating Windows including putting in your product key.



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Mac App Store Opens January 6

Apple announced that the Mac App Store will open on Thursday, January 6th, launching in 90 countries and offering free and paid applications.

"The App Store revolutionized mobile apps," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "We hope to do the same for PC apps with the Mac App Store by making finding and buying PC apps easy and fun. We can't wait to get started on January 6."

As with the iOS App Store, developers of paid applications will receive 70% of revenue, while Apple keeps 30%.

Apple announced the Mac App Store at its "Back to the Mac" event in October, saying the store would launch for Mac OS X Snow Leopard users within 90 days. The January 6th opening date meets that schedule with two weeks to spare.

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RockMelt, the new social browser

RockMelt, a new browser that lives in thecloud and uses Facebook authentication to synchronize a user's browsing experience across machines, went into limited public beta today.
It was built around the premise that the browser is busted. The thought is that older browsers aren't made for the way we now use the web, and maybe it's a solid way of thinking. After all, browsing is a passive activity, and the Internet is increasingly about interaction.
There are some unique concepts here, namely the fact that RockMelt lives in the cloud. This allows your "browser experience" to be, in a way, profiled. Your settings, bookmarks, etc., are all backed up online.
Using Facebook for authentication, your user environment can be replicated anywhere RockMelt is installed. And really, that's what RockMelt is all about: The user environment.
Users of Google Chrome will feel at home, because RockMelt is built on Chromium, the open source project behind Google's browser. The major differences are columns running down each side of the browser.
The left side depicts your favorite Facebook contacts. When a contact is listed on the left bar, you'll be able to quickly initiate Facebook chats with them or post content to their Facebook walls. You can also easily send them e-mails through the seamless contact popout.
Straddling the right side is your bookmarks -- and here's another area where RockMelt's cloud is put to clever use. Bookmarks are updated from the cloud, so content is cached and waiting for you when you log on.
All in all, RockMelt is an interesting twist on the browsing experience. The social elements of the browser make for a compelling and streamlined online interaction process. And because it's powered by Chromium, it not only supports Chrome extensions, it's guaranteed to support the latest and greatest aspects of the web, like HTML5 and CSS3.

RockMelt is in limited beta and you can apply for an invitation.

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Apple Researching Scratch-Proof Coating For iOS Devices

Apple is researching a new scratch-proof coating, presumably for its mobile devices, that would prevent scratches.
The U.S. Patent and Trademark office published new application filed by Apple for “Nitriding Stainless Steel for Consumer Electronic Products” that describes a new system that avoid scratches by placing a layer of nitride over a stainless steel exterior.
In addition to providing a durable, hard surface that is both scratch and impact resistant, the nitride layer allows for the natural surface color and texture of the underlying stainless steel to remain visible to the user... It is this natural surface color and texture of the stainless steel that adds to the aesthetically pleasing appearance of the consumer electronic product, thereby enhancing the user’s overall experience.
Apple acquired LiquidMetal in August 2010 gaining the technology behind a new metallic/glass substance that has twice the strength of Titanium but that can be molded like plastics.

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Send Free Faxes Online With GotFreeFax.com

GotFreeFax.com allows you to send free faxes online to anywhere in the US and Canada but there's a catch. You can only send two faxes a day with a maximum of 3 pages per fax. Need more than that? Us the Pay-Per-Fax Service and you can send a fax up to 30 pages in length for $2.98. It's simple to send you free fax. Just fill out the form with your name and email and the recipients name and fax number and click Send FREE Fax Now. You'll receive a link in your email that'll you'll have to click before your fax is processed. Once clicked you'll receive another email stating that your fax is being processed and it'll provide a link to a personal status page for your fax that'll let you know when it's been processed and faxed to your recipient.

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LimeWire Shut Down Permanently

File-sharing program LimeWire has been permanently shut down after a federal judge found it guilty of assisting users in committing copyright infringement "on a massive scale." A legal notice on the company's Website reads:

THIS IS AN OFFICIAL NOTICE THAT LIMEWIRE IS UNDER A COURT-ORDERED INJUNCTION TO STOP DISTRIBUTING AND SUPPORTING ITS FILE-SHARING SOFTWARE. DOWNLOADING OR SHARING COPYRIGHTED CONTENT WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION IS ILLEGAL."

The case resumes in January 2011, when damages will be assessed. The statutory minimum for music copyright infringement is $150,000 per infringement, and the damages assessed may total up to as much as (or possibly more than) $1 billion.

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