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- iPhone OS 3.1.2 update now live, fixes sleep, network issues
- Software firm finds Windows 7 doesn’t boot faster than Vista
- Review: Nikon D300s DSLR
- Startups 101: The Complete Mint Presentation
- CrunchBoard: iSocket, MySpace, Like.com, and More!
- CrunchGear’s Seven Words to Envy Contest: Win An HP Envy 13
- NVIDIA halting chipset development after all
- Cavius Alarm – your portable banshee
- Giveaway: HP Envy 13
- StumbleUpon Recasts Itself As A Social Search Engine “Between Google And Twitter.”
| iPhone OS 3.1.2 update now live, fixes sleep, network issues Posted: 08 Oct 2009 12:34 PM PDT
 Apple’s just posted up iPhone OS 3.1.2, which purports to fix some of iPhone OS 3.1’s Greatest Bug Hits, including: Don’t Wake (From Sleep), Lost Network Access, and everyone’s all-time favorite, Video Stream Crash Dance. We’re updating now, let us know how it goes for you in comments — and there’s an iPod touch update too, we’re sure it’s just as fun. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Filed under: Cellphones iPhone OS 3.1.2 update now live, fixes sleep, network issues originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| Software firm finds Windows 7 doesn’t boot faster than Vista Posted: 08 Oct 2009 12:11 PM PDT
 There’s no question that Windows 7 promises plenty of improvements over Vista, with one of the biggest being faster boot times. While that’s certainly been the experience for some, Iolo Technologies (a maker of PC tune-up software) found some significantly different results in their long term tests, which they say show that Windows 7 isn’t faster than Vista at all in real world use. Specifically, they found that while Windows 7 actually got to the desktop fairly quickly, it took a full minute and 34 seconds to actually become usable, compared to a minute and 6 seconds with Vista. They also unsurprisingly found that things got worse over time, with a three-month old Windows 7 install adding a full minute to the boot time, although in that case it did actually fare somewhat better than Vista. Of course, we are talking about complete reboots here, and it’s a different story when Windows 7 is simply coming in and out of sleep mode. Details on the tests are otherwise a bit light, but Iolo is promising to release its complete findings next week. Filed under: Software Software firm finds Windows 7 doesn’t boot faster than Vista originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Oct 2009 14:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| Posted: 08 Oct 2009 12:10 PM PDT
The D300s is the latest version of Nikon’s award-winning D300, which was released in August of 2007. The D300s features a 12.3 megapixel, DX-format sensor, and supports an ISO range of 200 to 3200. Nikon also gave the D300s their 51 point auto-focus system, which makes it exceptionally easy to get a crisp image while shooting. The D300s also has the same 3 inch LCD display as the D300 on the back of the body, which is great for reviewing your shots or when you are using the “Live View” mode. At $1800, it’s firmly in the “prosumer” price range.
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| Startups 101: The Complete Mint Presentation Posted: 08 Oct 2009 12:09 PM PDT
Last night I posted the video of Mint CEO Aaron Patzer’s 45 minute presentation on building startups from the ground up. If you are an aspiring startup entrepreneur, you’ll want to watch that more than a few times. The candid disclosures and advice he gives is rarely seen in Silicon Valley. Some readers requested to see the presentation deck as well, so here it is. Patzer shows how he raised and spent money, and generated revenue, throughout the lifecycle of Mint, from the very beginning to the $170 million acquisition. He also showed historical slides from early presentations to investors and compares those to the actual results. I’m also re-embedding the full video below. Crunch Network: CrunchBase the free database of technology companies, people, and investors See the original post here:
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| CrunchBoard: iSocket, MySpace, Like.com, and More! Posted: 08 Oct 2009 12:00 PM PDT
For job hunters in Europe, check out our Europe CrunchBoard. Click here to see all the jobs on CrunchBoard. Crunch Network: MobileCrunch Mobile Gadgets and Applications, Delivered Daily. More:
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| CrunchGear’s Seven Words to Envy Contest: Win An HP Envy 13 Posted: 08 Oct 2009 11:54 AM PDT
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| NVIDIA halting chipset development after all Posted: 08 Oct 2009 11:46 AM PDT
 It’s been about two months since NVIDIA called rumors that it was leaving the chipset business “groundless,” so perhaps it’s no big shock that PC Magazine is now reporting that the company is putting its nForce chipset line “on hiatus.” On hiatus, that is, until the company gets a few sticky legal questions out of the way, including whether or not its four-year deal with Intel covers Core i7 processors. Thus we have the delicate line that NVIDIA walks with Intel: for the time being, the two companies need each other, but they don’t have to like each other, and as the latter continues to pursue graphics integration with the CPU, manufacturers are going to be increasingly pushed towards all-Intel solutions. All this leads us to wonder if NVIDIA might decide chipsets in general are more trouble than they’re worth, especially considering Intel’s general attitude about them — and whether ION might be the next on the block. Filed under: Desktops, Laptops NVIDIA halting chipset development after all originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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| Cavius Alarm – your portable banshee Posted: 08 Oct 2009 11:45 AM PDT
The Cavius Alarm might be small in size, but don’t let that put you off. After all, this is a classic case of its bark being worse than its bite. A simple push of its red button will let loose a 130dB alarm which ought to be enough to scare off most assailants, not to mention alerting people to your situation. Interestingly enough, it also comes with a built-in smoke alarm feature alongside a motion sensor. The Cavius Alarm will retail for ￡34.95 each. Source: Gadget Review Tech Cult – We cover the latest tech news, but always with a funny twist. [ Cavius Alarm – your portable banshee copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
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| Posted: 08 Oct 2009 11:38 AM PDT
Who wants a new HP Envy 13? Anyone? I mean, after all, it is one of the hottest notebooks ever and comes preloaded with Windows 7. But no one probably wants this brand spanking new, never-been-opened, $1700 notebook for free. But if you do….click through for the simple giveaway entry instructions. Contest rules:
That said, here is your first word: PACKARD Good luck and happy hunting. Read the original here:
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| StumbleUpon Recasts Itself As A Social Search Engine “Between Google And Twitter.” Posted: 08 Oct 2009 11:32 AM PDT
Ever since StumbleUpon spun itself off from eBay last April, it’s been reinventing itself at a rapid pace. In June, it launched Su.pr, its own URL shortening service, but that was just an interesting new product. Today, it is starting to roll out a major redesign that recasts the service as a social search engine “somewhere between a Twitter and Google,” says founder Garrett Camp. About 8 million people a month use StumbleUpon, says Camp, to bookmark and share the best sites on the Web. More than 35 million Web pages have been stumbled, and now the company has indexed them all to make them more searchable. The homepage has also been simplified to show you a stream of pages recently stumbled by people you know. New StumbleUpon users will see the redesign immediately, while existing users can switch by clicking here. Traditionally, people went to StumbleUpon to randomly flip through interesting pages, but now it works more like a proper search engine. Except that it only returns pages already deemed to be worthy by the StumbleUpon community, and then within those results it shows you the pages that only people you subscribe to have Stumbled, rated, or reviewed. In that sense, it is like Yahoo’s now-defunct MyWeb experiment (but with actual users). You can sort results by everyone, just your friends, or just your own Stumbles. And the new Discover tab lets you sort by most recent stumbles from your friends, top rated stumbles, most shared, or by topic. “It is halfway between search and discovery,” says Camp. “It is not as comprehensive as Google and not as realtime as Twitter.” The idea, rather, is to add a social layer to search without all the noise you get on Twitter. StumbleUpon will also be releasing a new version of its toolbar later this week, which will add these social search features, as well as the ability to share links on Facebook and Twitter (using a Su.pr URL). Also the toolbar, like before, shows a little StumbleUpon icon on Google search results next to links that have been Stumbled. But it will support new sites including, Bing, CNN.com, Yahoo News, and the New York Times.
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