Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Google Looks to Lure Outlook Users With Sync Feature

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Google announced today a new Google Apps feature that enables syncing with Microsoft Outlook mail, calendar and contacts data, giving Outlook users a way to use Google Apps without changing their behavior. It will launch worldwide this afternoon (but only available in English; Google said other languages will come later) for Google Apps Premiere Edition subscribers.

Luring loyal Outlook users into using Google Apps — in turn, putting pressure on Microsoft — is a smart move on Google’s part. The Outlook sync will only be available on Windows for now.

At the Google-hosted event this morning, Google Senior Product Manager Chris Vander Mey demonstrated the feature by showing how users can schedule a lunch meeting in Outlook and the appointment will simultaneously sync up in Google Apps. “We spent a long time making Outlook work really well,” he said. “That should tell you how committed we are.”

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GCut.to Feels Lucky When You Use It to Shorten Your URLs

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gcutlogoBit.ly? SU.PR? Those are so yesterday. Today’s URL-shortening service is GCut.to. The service (launched anonymously) allows you to create a shortcut link that will go to the first result for a particular Google search — the same result that the “I’m Feeling Lucky” button on Google takes you to. Gcut.to/taxes takes you to the IRS. Gcut.to/iphone takes you to Apple’s iPhone web site. The possibilities are endless. You don’t even have to go to GCut.to’s web site. You can create your own URLs on the fly.

OK, it’s true that GCut.to doesn’t really shorten URLs that well, because if you want a particular URL — like a permalink to a blog post — it’s probably going to take a long and exacting Google search to make it work. Which defeats the point of a URL-shortening service. But it’s free and it’s mildly amusing. Don’t try to use the GCut.to to find out more about GCut.to, though: http://gcut.to/gcut.to doesn’t work at all — at least not yet, anyway.


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iPhone 3G S processor specs: 600MHz CPU, 256MB of RAM

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/10/iphone-3g-s-processor-specs-600mhz-cpu-256mb-of-ram/


Apple's being pretty cagey with the hard specs of the iPhone 3G S, but apparently T-Mobile Netherlands didn't get the message -- it's just posted up a specs page listing 256MB of RAM and a 600MHz CPU. That's up from 128MB and 412MHz in the first-gen and the 3G, and it's basically exactly what was rumored. Of course, the 3G S also has that new PowerVR SGX graphics chip that supports OpenGL ES 2.0, so the total speed boost is probably more than just pure clock speed, but we'll find out for sure when we get our hands on one.

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iPhone 3G S processor specs: 600MHz CPU, 256MB of RAM originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:03:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Toshiba ships REGZA ZV650 and SV670 HDTVs

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/10/toshiba-ships-regza-zv650-and-sv670-hdtvs/


If you're not down with waiting for Toshiba's internet-connected range of HDTVs -- which, by the way, should be out before the dawn of 2010 -- here's a bit of excellent news: the REGZA ZV650 and SV670 series are now shipping. Both of the sets were initially announced way back at CES, and the latter of the two is Tosh's first-ever LED-backlit HDTV. Said set also packs local dimming, ClearScan 240 dejudder technology, PixelPure 5G 14-bit video processing and that questionably useful Resolution+ system. There's also a USB socket, four HDMI connectors, IR pass-through, a PC input and REGZA-LINK (HDMI-CEC). As for the other guys (yeah, there's more), head on past the break and take notes on the ones relevant to your interests.

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Toshiba ships REGZA ZV650 and SV670 HDTVs originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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OCZ intros 2.5-inch Agility SSD line: 120GB for $349.99

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/10/ocz-intros-2-5-inch-agility-ssd-line-120gb-for-349-99/


OCZ Technology seems to always be toiling away on new solid state drives, but it's rare to find any from the company that are priced for the average Joe / Jane. Rather than aiming specifically for the fat-walleted enthusiast crowd, the Agility series is hoping to make a decent sized splash in the mainstream market. These 2.5-inch SATA II SSDs promise 230MB/sec read and 135MB/sec write speeds, along with 64MB of cache and a two-year warranty. We pinged OCZ for details surrounding pricing and availability, so here's the dirt: the trio of models will be available in a fortnight or so for $129.99 (30GB), $219.99 (60GB) and $349.99 (120GB).

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