We don’t highlight software, and even more rare, good looking software all too often here at GS. But today we found a small app for Windows and a widget for OSX that are downright gorgeous. Hop on past the break for the full rundown.
Calling all Windows Phone 7 Developers: Check your inboxes. According to the Windows Phone Developer Blog, invites are starting to trickle out today thanks to a new “early access program” inviting the talented code weavers of the WP7 would to get their hands on an early copy of Mango before it launches later this year.
For now, the full global distribution of developer-only builds and test software hasn’t been completely figured out by the WP7 team, though they promise such kinks to get ironed out in the coming weeks. With that said, interested parties need only download the new Windows Phone Developer Tools beta 2 suite to join the party.
The current list of supported countries for the new Early Access Program include:
Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States
Anyone with access to the Early Access Program and Mango is encouraged to drop us a line and tell us what you think!
Being the mother country of one of the most influential mobile phone manufacturers of he early 2000′s doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll always get first dibs on said company’s latest and greatest. Case in point: Nokia’s list of launch countries for Windows Phone 7 doesn’t include Finnland. The six countries who will get to take part in launch party festivities as detailed by Nokia VP, Victor Saeijs, include: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, and the UK.
In what is sure to spark a new wave of denials from Microsoft and Nokia, infamous Nokia/mobile leaker Eldar Murtazin is again hinting at a potential Microsoft purchase of Nokia with a new tweet stating:
One small software company decided last week that they could spent 19 bln USD to buy a part of small phone vendor. Thats it.
If you recall, Murtazin made a similar claim back in mid-May. This time, however, he’s attached a price tag. The deal reportedly will cost the Redmond company a cool $19 billion.
While some may be highly skeptical, Eldar Murtazin has produced many bombshell leaks in recent years thanks to numerous sources deep within various tech companies. Could this be another victory for him? We’ll see…
Update Nokia has told the WSJ’s Christopher Lawton that Murtazin’s latest claims are “baseless”. Make of it what you will.
Popular PC hardware manufacturer NZXT has been on a roll the last few months with several new interesting products. While today’s announcements concerning the new Source 210 and 210 Elite PC cases as well as FX fan series aren’t groundbreaking, we’re excited nonetheless.
The Source 210/Elite both feature a midtower design in a 195mm x 236mm x 495.5mm footprint. Both cases will support up to 7 120mm fans with the front bay featuring support for dual 120mm fans allowing ample hard drive cooling (or a place to hang a dual-rad if you’re feeling crafty). The Source 210 “Elite” takes things a bit further with tooless drive bays and USB 3.0 inputs. Colors available include black and white while pricing is very reasonable: $39.99/$49.99 for 210 and 210 Elite respectively.
NZXT has also officially taken the wraps off of their new FX fan series which boasts both 120mm and 140mm sizes and a handy 3-stage power design. The multi-stage design will allow the fans to provide anywhere from 35.8 CFM to 96.0 CFM and live a long, healthy life thanks to the Fluid Dynamic Bearings. The 120mm blower will cost $14.99 while the larger 140mm sibling will come in a bit higher at $16.99.
NZXT: Source 210
NZXT: Source 210 Elite
NZXT: FX 120mm
NZXT: FX 140mm
Were you one of the many Skype users who were knocked offline by some random bug? You’re not alone. Yesterday we showed you how to manually delete the “shared.xml” file in question in order to get Skype back online. Today, a new update has been released that automates the removal of the corrupted file, though unfortunately Skype doesn’t include any further explanation as to why the corruption occurred in the first place.
If you’re still unable to connect to Skype now, quit all running Skype processes, download the update latest Windows update located here, and install. Mac users will see their own update pushed out later today.
Looking to get some easy AirPlay interaction on your non-Apple hardware and software? You’re in luck! There are already several apps and hacks you can perform to get the simple media streaming service up and running on your Windows box. With that said, the latest app from Thomas Pleasance jumps to the top of our list as it’s rather bug free despite its beta status.
All you’ll need on your Windows computer is Apple’s Bonjour service and the free AirPlay client developed by Thomas and you’re good to go. As of writing, video and pictures are supported. Oddly enough, however, straight music playback is not.
Fans of Windows Media Center who also rock one of Apple’s iDevices will want to check out Thomas’ app as it brings even more robust capabilities to an already feature-packed multimedia client (and platform).
If you follow the PC gaming crowd in any form or fashion, you’ll no doubt know that multi-screen and 3D gaming are in. Whether you decide to go with a single larger display or multiple smaller ones doesn’t matter; people want pixels and lots of them. Handling all of those pixels and the plastic that surrounds them can be quite unwieldily, though. Thankfully there are a few multi-monitor stands to solve such problems.
Take for example, the XFX triple monitor stand. It looks like a capable stand with its wide, sturdy base. Ultimately, however, it is the nearly $400 price tag that pushes us away.
Is a hunk of metal worth that much or are the included single-stand variants more than sufficient?
We’ve spent our fair share of time looking for a decent RDP app that will allow us to remotely access our various computers from abroad. Flipping the table around and access your phone from your computer is a different story. Not much exists that is both easy to use and relatively stable. That is, until now.
“LazyDroid” does as the name implies. It allows you to access your Android phone from your desktop computer (same WiFi network only) and serves up nearly all of your phone’s native functions. Text, email, browse web pages, take pictures and even make calls.
LazyDroid is currently in beta and can be found in the Android Market free of charge. Even if you’re not lazy, there’s plenty to be geeked about here. Having the ability to work/play on your computer and not have to constantly pick up and put down your phone seems rather convenient to us.
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