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استقبلت صديقي الخواجا الهر شموخر القادم من سكسونيا العليا في مطار جدة. وما إن خرجنا من المطار حتى كان وايت أبيض يسير بقربنا مكتوب علية ( مياه تحلية نقية ) قال الخواجا الهر شموخر ماذا يوجد داخل هذا الوايت؟ قلت يوجد مياه تحلية نقية. قال ألا توجد لديكم شبكة مياه ؟ قلت بلا ولكن هذه كمية إضافية توزع على الأحياء المختلفة عن طريق ألف وايت مياه تسير ليل نهار في الشوارع.

قال وهل ستزداد كمية المياه إذا وزعتموها بالوايت ؟ لماذا لا تضخونها في الشبكة وتوزعون المياه بعدالة بين الأحياء المختلفة ؟ قلت يا خواجا أنا جواهرجي ولست مهندس مياه.

وفي طرف شارع صاري سار بقربنا وايت أزرق ضخم الهيئة مهول الكفرات مرعب الصوت مكتوب عليه (مياه آبار صالحة للشرب) قال الخواجا الهر شموخر ماذا يوجد داخل هذا الوايت؟ قلت توجد مياه آبار صالحة للشرب . قال مكررة ومعالجة ؟ قلت لا أنها مياه طازجة (من البئر إلى المائدة) قال أعلم أن مياه الآبار تصلح للشرب ولكن لشرب الخيل والبغال والحمير، وكذلك تصلح للجمل والتيس والدجاجة ولكن ليس للطفل والرجل والمرأة. قلت يا خواجا أنا جواهرجي ولست طبيباً. 
وما أن دخلنا شارع الكورنيش حتى حدث ما كنت أخشاه إذ سار بجانبنا النوع الثالث من الوايتات وهو الوايت الرمادي الذي تعرفونه، فقال الخواجا الهر شموخر ماذا يوجد داخل هذا الوايت؟ فقلت ما أجمل شارع الكورنيش الذي نسير عليه. قال الخواجا الهر شموخر ماذا يوجد داخل هذا الوايت؟ قلت يا خواجا لو تسلقنا عمود النور ممكن أن نشاهد جمال البحر خلف هذه الكبائن والمنتزهات والمطاعم ؟ قال الخواجا الهر شموخر ماذا يوجد داخل هذا الوايت؟ قلت يا خواجا إذا طاوعتني وتسلقنا هذه الشجرة ممكن أن نشاهد غروب الشمس في البحر خلف هذه الكبائن والمنتزهات والمطاعم . قال الخواجا الهر شموخر ماذا يوجد داخل هذا الوايت؟ قلت أقسم لك يا خواجا أن هذا الكورنيش كان يوماً من الأيام مفتوحاً للجميع وكانت به جلسات رائعة ويتنزه بها الفقراء والأغنياء على سواء وتصدق أنه كان ممكن مشاهدة البحر من الكورنيش. قال الخواجا باقول لك ماذا يوجد داخل هذا الوايت ؟ 
قلت يوجد ( خـ …… ) عجبك كدة يا خواجا يا بتاع سكسونيا السفلى.

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Google gives up on selling Nexus One online

Google will close the online store it set up to sell its Nexus One phone and will instead rely on traditional retailers.
The shift, announced Friday, ends Google's attempt to develop a new sales model for the mobile industry. Google had hoped to shake things up by establishing its online store as the only place to buy the Nexus One, which the company hailed as a "superphone" when it debuted in January.
It sold the phone unlocked, so buyers could use it on the wireless network of their choice.
But consumers didn't embrace the idea of buying a phone without having touched and tested it out first.
Google says it will stop selling the Nexus One in its web store as soon as it lines up U.S. retailers to carry the device.
The company started selling the phone in Canada through its online store in March.


[via cbc.ca]

Microsoft's Hotmail to get tune-up

In June, the software giant will launch a Hotmail.ca domain that will let email users claim — on a first-come, first-served basis — new addresses that use the .ca rather than the .com suffix. The move is sure to kick off an online land grab as email users try to secure addresses that use their real names, which can then be tied to their existing Hotmail accounts.
Microsoft's free online email service, which competes with Yahoo's Mail and Google's Gmail, is popular in Canada, with more than 17 million active accounts, according to Comscore. Worldwide, the service has about 370 million users, which leads Yahoo and Google.
Arnaud Gabaudan, Microsoft's senior product manager for Hotmail, said a definite date for the domain launch has not yet been finalized, but it will be tied to a worldwide update of the email service that will begin in June and wrap up by October.

The update will focus on three areas, Gabaudan said:

• Clearing clutter from inboxes.
• Saving time on everyday tasks such as sending photos.
• Improving compatibility with the web versions of Microsoft's Office programs.

'Sweep' out the 'grey mail'

A "sweep" button will move any selected emails to a given folder, so subscriptions or notification messages from various businesses — sometimes referred to as "grey mail" or low-priority email that's not exactly spam — can be cordoned off from more vital communications.
The update will also let users send up to 200 photos of 50 megabytes each in one email. The feature uses Microsoft's online Skydrive storage system, where users can stash up to 25 gigabytes of data. Rather than attaching and sending the photos in an email, users are instead given the option to upload their photos to Skydrive and then send a link to their chosen recipient.
Skydrive then automatically formats the photos and gives recipients a number of viewing options — they can choose to download the photos or view them online as a slideshow.
Office documents created with programs including Word, Excel and Powerpoint can also be uploaded to Skydrive, where the recipient can edit and save them. Gabaudan said this enables online collaboration without having to worry about whether the users on each end have the respective Office applications, or which version they have.
Microsoft has enjoyed a lead in online services in Canada over rivals Yahoo and Google, partially through a long-standing partnership with Bell Canada, the country's largest internet service provider. Microsoft's MSN had been allied with Bell's Sympatico since 2004, which meant that many Canadians' default web page was a joint portal from the two companies.
However, the two companies ended their relationship last summer, with both believing they could earn higher advertising revenues on their own.




[via cbc.ca]


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السر الأول : احلم أحلاماً كبيرة

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احلم أحلاماً كبيرة :

فوحدها الأحلام الكبيرة لديها القدرة على تحريك الرجال

واصنع رؤية قصيرة المدى وطويلة المدى ولا تبدأ إلا بالنهاية في ذهنك، واصنع أيضاً قائمة بكل شيء تريد وتتمنى أن تفعله لو كان نجاحك مضموناً ومن ثم قرر بأي الأِشياء ستبدأ فوراً

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السر الثاني :اصنع حساً واضحاً بالرسالة والرؤية

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اصنع حساً واضحاً بالرسالة والرؤية :

فالشخص صاحب الرؤية والرسالة الواضحة سيتقدم حتى في أصعب الطرق وأكثرها وعورة ، أما الشخص عديم الرسالة والرؤية لن يتقدم ولا خطوة واحدة حتى ولو كانت كل الطرق ممهدة أمامه . ففكر دائماُ على الورق واجلس وأكتب أهدافك واصنع خططك لإنجازها وهذا كفيل بأن يضعك على أول طريق النجاح

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السر الثالث : انظر لنفسك كموظف عند نفسك

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انظر لنفسك كموظف عند نفسك

وليكن شعارك أنا قبطان سفينتي ومن الآن فصاعداً تقبل المسئولية 100 % عن كل شيء حصل وسيحصل في حياتك . وحدد أعذارك المفضلة والتي تمنعك من الالتزام بالوصول لأهدافك ، هل هناك أي شخص أو أِي شيء في حياتك تلومه باستمرار ؟ بغض النظر عن من يكون ؟ تقبل المسئولية الكاملة على حياتك وباشر الفعل اليوم

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السر الرابع : افعل ما تحب أن تفعل

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افعل ما تحب أن تفعل :

فعندما تبدأ بفعل ما تحب عمله فعلاً فلن تعمل أبداً في حياتك ، سيصبح لعبك عمل وعملك لعب لأنك تعشق ما تفعل، وحدد نوع العمل الذي تستمتع به بأقصى حد، ما هي الأِشياء التي كانت مسئولة عن نجاحك في حياتك حتى الآن ؟، إن كان من الممكن أن تختار عملاً على هواك .. ترى ماذا سيكون؟ ، ضع هذا كهدف لك واصنع خطة وابدأ في التحرك نحو هذا الهدف ابتدءاً من اليوم

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السر الخامس:التزم بالامتياز

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التزم بالامتياز:

جودة حياتك سيحددها عمق التزامك بالامتياز بغض النظر عن التخصص ، واحسم اليوم أن تكون الأفضل في مجالك ،و حدد مجالات التحسين والتطوير الرئيسية والمفتاحية في عملك الحالي .

، ما هي أجزاء العمل التي يجب أن تنجزها بامتياز لتتقدم في مجالك ؟؟، ما هي نقاط قوتك ونقاط ضعفك خطط اليوم لتحسن من المهارة المفتاحية المسئولة عن تقدمك ؟،

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السر السادس :اعمل بذكاء وبجهد لفترة أطول

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اعمل بذكاء وبجهد لفترة أطول :

فكلما عملت بجد أكثر كلما أصبحت محظوظاُ بشكل أكثر ، وكل الناجحين يعملون بجد وبجد وبجد ، يبدءون مبكراً ويبذلون أقصى جهدهم ويبقون حتى وقت متأخر . اصنع خطة اليوم لتزيد من عدد ساعات عملك اليوم في كل يوم وقرر أن تصل إلى مقر عملك ساعة أبكر قبل الوقت المعتاد وانطلق في العمل وابقى حتى ساعة متأخرة هذه الإستراتجية وحدها ستضاعف من إنتاجيتك مع أنك أضفت ساعتين إلى ساعات عملك

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السر السابع :الزم نفسك بالتعلم مدى الحياة :

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الزم نفسك بالتعلم مدى الحياة :

لأن التعلم المستمر هو أدنى متطلبات النجاح في أي مجال في الحياة ، وكما قال صلى الله عليه وسلم (اطلبوا العلم من المهد إلى اللحد ) والقراءة للعقل كالرياضة للجسد . واختر مجالاً أو موضوعاً يمكنه أن يساعدك في أن تصبح أكثر فعالية وكفاءة في مجالك ، ضع هدفاً أن تحترف هذا الموضوع ، واجعل هذا أهم مشاريعك ، ثم اقرأ في هذا المجال يومياً واسمع الأشرطة التعليمية واحضر الدورات المتعلقة بهذا المجال واعمل على هذا المشروع كأن مستقبلك ومصيرك يعتمد عليه.................................................. ..........................

السر الثامن :ادفع لنفسك أولاً

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ادفع لنفسك أولاً:

فجزء من دخلك يجب أن يكون لك ، وقرر اليوم أنك ستدخر على الأقل 10% من دخلك وان كنت لا تستطيع التوفير فإن بذور العظمة ليست في داخلك ، افتح حساباً خاصاً في البنك خاص وخصصه للإدخار وأودع فيه مبلغاً ولو كان بسيطاً ومن ثم ابحث عن أي فرصة لزيادة هذا الرصيد ، وقرأ الكتب والمجلات التي تعطيك الثقافة المالية ولا تتوقف أبداً عن التوفير والتعلم حتى تصبح مستقلاً مالياً

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السر التاسع :تعلم كل تفاصيل عملك ومجالك

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تعلم كل تفاصيل عملك ومجالك :

فإن كنت ممتازاً جداً في كل ما تفعل فليس هنالك شيء يستطيع أن يمنعك من أن تحصل على دخل أعلى وسمعة أفضل هدفك أن تصبح الخبير في المجال الذي اخترته . ما هي المهارات والإمكانيات الرئيسية والأساسية لتقود مجالك في المستقبل ؟ اصنع خطة اليوم لتنمي هذه المهارات وتطورها يوميا ً.

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السر العاشر :ألزم نفسك بخدمة الآخرين

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ألزم نفسك بخدمة الآخرين.

تستطيع الحصول على كل ما تريده في الحياة ، فقط إذا ساعدت عدد كافي من الناس في الوصول لما يريدون ، فنجاحك في الحياة مرتبط ارتباطا وثيقاً بما تفعله بعد أن تفعل ما هو مطلوب ومتوقع منك أن تفعله . وحدد أهم الأشخاص في حياتك الشخصية والمهنية الذين تعتمد عليهم وأيضاً الذين يعتمدون عليك ، وما الذي تستطيع أن تفعله ابتداء من اليوم لتعتني بهم أكثر

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Use Google to convert Office doc to PDF

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Hints reader nkal reports that he was recently trying to print a .DOCX document—which he’d created at work using from Word 2008—on his home printer. Unfortunately, his home Mac had a much older version of Office, and it couldn’t open the .DOCX format.

His workaround: He uploaded the .DOCX document into Google Docs (using the Upload button in the upper left of Docs’ home screen), opened it, and then clicked on the Print button. That converted the document into a PDF. He selected File -> Save Page As in his browser, then saved it as an easy-to-print PDF file on his home Mac.

What will we get in iPhone 4.0?

by Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Apr 7, 2010

Tomorrow at 10am PT, 1pm ET, Steve Jobs puts sneaker to stage and, along with SVP of iPhone software, Scott Forstall, gives us a sneak preview of the highly anticipated iPhone 4.0. No one outside Apple knows exactly what new features and paradigms iPhone 4.0 will offer. However, tradition demands we make our best guesses and ask you to do the same.

This isn’t what we want, mind you. We told Apple what we want back on December 25, 2009: multitasking, better notifications, widgets for the home screen, instant access to important settings, themes, gestures like pervasive pull-down-to-refresh, system-wide “back” implementation, orientation lock, and resolution independence, along with a ton of great reader suggestions in the comments. We’ve also asked for a Finder app, like the Photo but to store document files.

This is what we think we’ll actually get, given the rumors and the direction Apple looks to be going. This is us, TiPb staff and TiPb readers reading the tea leaves…

iPhone 3.2 (aka iPad) features

This is the most obvious, really (and we’ve written about it before). All the little tweaks and enhancements Apple has made to the underlying OS, like adding “replace” to cut, copy, and paste, adding spell check to auto-correct, adding dictionary lookup to text select, etc. Wallpaper for the Home Screen, week view in Calendar and the other, sometimes small but still important, chance to the built-in apps, should be there as well. So should Bluetooth keyboard support. Oh, and iBooks.

Better Mail handling

Steve Jobs himself reportedly responded to an email saying a “universal inbox” was coming. That means, like Mac Mail but unlike current iPhone Mail, users with multiple accounts would have the option of seeing all their new messages in one place and not have to tap into and out of multiple folders every time they wanted to check every new message in every account. (Yes that sentence was crafted to feel as laborious as the current process!). Whether we’ll see more than that — IMAP IDLE, multiple exchange accounts, “synergy”-like messaging integration, etc. is unknown.

Multitasking (of a sort)

We’ve been hearing this for a while now — that Apple will offer some level of multitasking in iPhone 4.0. We’ve even seen it in the shadows. The three use-cases that it could cover are background tasks (listening to streaming internet radio while you browse Safari, keeping navigation running while you check Mail), fast task switching (going from Notes to Contacts and back), and multi-window workflow (dragging data from one application space into another).

While the “Pandora” model could easily be handled by allowing streaming accounts to be entered inside iPod (which already has background access going back to iPhone 1.0), the navigation model won’t be solved unless there’s a more universal background implementation. However, Apple has always put stability and mainstream user friendliness ahead of power-user functionality. A compromise seems most like — full background access for a highly limited number of applications.

Fast task switching was accomplished in large part by the speed of iPhone 3GS. What remains missing is the consistent saving of state by apps on exit (if you leave a twitter client or a race game and then go back it should be at exactly the place you left it), and a more elegant way to quickly move between apps — swiping between two apps 11 screens apart isn’t very Apple. The rumor here is for a Mac OS X-style Exposé implementation where a double-click of the Home Button would cause the current screen to fly out and a grid of active (background) apps to fly in. That sounds much more Apple.

Multi-window drag-and-drop may not be obvious given the small size of the iPhone, but given how Palm’s webOS Cards view presents apps — and how the iPhone Safari Pages view does likewise — is remains a tease. Still, we don’t expect it. Not yet.

New home screen (SpringBoard)

SpringBoard is the internal name of Apple’s Home Screen UI, which right now consists of an 11 page-wide application launcher grid with SpotLight search bolted on to the right. Rumors have persisted since before iPhone 3.0 that Apple has a new SpringBoard experience waiting in the wings. Again, there are several elements that could be at play: better organization, glance-able information, themes.

We’re not wishing here, so no grandiose “Apple will re-invent the metaphor for home screens with some ingenious new approach”. We’re looking at what Apple has already done for clues as to where they’re going. Stacks, then, where groups of similar apps are combined together until a tap expands them into a grid-launcher would be reasonable. Likewise, Dashboard where useful, glance-able information is always just a tap (or swipe) away. Dashboard could even integrate SpotLight, allowing it to replace a singletasker with a multitasker (how fitting). It could function similarly on the Lock Screen, for ultimate glance-ability.

We don’t see themes, however. Though they’d be a boon to users and designers/developers alike, they don’t seem very Apple (beyond the home screen wallpaper already mentioned).

Improved notification handling

We’ve beaten this one to death — if you get a constant stream of SMS, IM, game challenges, or any heavy amount of notifications each new one obliterates the one before meaning all but the most recent functionally never existed and hence never notified you of anything. Both Android and Palm webOS do this more functionally, though developers have complained to us that it may be too complex for the mainstream market Apple is targeting (too much management for mom). Could Apple create a more robust yet still drop-dead-simple notification system for the iPhone? Sure, and given how fast and far push notification has been adopted, we think it’s likely they will.

The simplest solution would be a Notification app (please, no smiley face logo) that listed all new notifications. When you’ve received multiple notifications, the dialog would show the most recent but also inform you of how many others you’ve missed, and an option to “see all” would be presented.

But that would likely make no one happy. This more than multitasking might be the most difficult nut to crack, and may end up being part of that new Home Screen mentioned above. That’s closer to guess work than we’re comfortable with for this post, however, so we’ll just leave it there for now.

iAd platform

“iAd” was rumored to be shown off on April 7, and April 8 is just a day later. Apple’s mobile advertising platform could certainly be part of the iPhone 4.0 SDK feature set unveiled for developers. Gossip says Steve Jobs wants to do for mobile advertising what iTunes did for digital music — make it not suck. We certainly hope so. Punch-the-monkey with push notifications is certainly not the new Home Screen experience we want.

iTunes.com

It’s fairly certain iTunes is moving to the cloud and becoming something akin to iTunes.com. We’d love to see streaming video from Apple, MobileMe “whispersync” to keep our place between iPhone and iPad, and other great, media-centric features. But Apple typically saves those for September to coincide with the new iPod touch and lately, new iTunes releases.

###Mobile iChat

We put this here just for Chad. We still think Mobile iChat (text and audio/video) is coming but not until the 4th generation iPhone is revealed at WWDC 2010. Apple usually holds a few new OS features back to show off the new hardware (like Compass, VoiceControl, etc. last year). Patience, Chad!

MobileMe 2.0

Beyond “whispersync” MobileMe has fallen so far behind Google services, DropBox and others that Apple really has to up its game here. Photo sync, cloud backup, and other features have gone from nice-to-have to must-have. Again, however, that feels more like a WWDC 2010 Phil Schiller announcement to us.

One more thing…?

That’s what we think is most likely to come with iPhone 4.0 tomorrow, but Apple has shown they can always surprise us (who expected the long, long list of previously missing features rattled off at the iPhone 3.0 event?). What are you expecting to see?

OMG, OMG, OMG, 3.14 In A Mirror Spells....

3.14 in a mirror spells pie! Black magic! Sorcery! Say -- you think whoever inventedpi knew that? Because it sounds like some serious Illuminati shit if you ask me! Suck it Dan Brown, I'm writing this one.

Chapter 1

The Illuminati is probably gonna kill me for telling you, but when viewed in a mirror the first three digits of pi spell 'pie'. F***, now I'm hungry.

End chapter.

Get ready to have your mind blown [chicagonow]

Thanks to Jason, whose name in a mirror spells sex god or something else that's really flattering.

Reverse engineering confirms Apple iPad is 'a really big iPod Touch'

by Sebastian Anthony (RSS feed) Apr 6th 2010 at 8:42AM

I'm sure you've heard about reverse engineering and industrial espionage -- they are the bread and butter of a competitive tech industry! -- but I had no idea there were firms, such as Chipworks, that specialize in the process. They've just released glorious, revealing details of the Apple iPad's hardware, and a complete breakdown of the new, top-secret A4 processor. For the less-technically-minded, iFixit has a walkthrough for the reverse engineering, too.

The pictures and details are juicy -- you can even order a bunch of die photos! -- but ultimately, there isn't anything exciting under the hood. The iPad is merely a large iPod Touch, with almost identical hardware in places. Chipworks calls the iPad 'a giant battery with a tiny [circuit] board attached to it' -- and looking at the picture above, you can see why!

So, no real news here I'm afraid, unless you're trying to mollify a Mac fanatic. What you're paying for is a large touch-screen and a giant battery -- you are not buying a piece of 'magic', but simply a large iPod Touch. The devil, as always, is in the software. It would not be the first time that Apple has shoehorned some fantastic software into a shiny, but otherwise lackluster hardware package.

In my opinion, the coolest part of this story is that Chipworks tears apart of bleeding-edge technology to produce full, reproducible schematics of a device's circuitry. Nothing is sacred!

Desk Phone Dock promises to bring some landline charm to the iPhone

By Donald Melanson  posted Mar 30th 2010 2:39PM

There's not much more than renders and / or polished photos to see at the moment, but this so-called Desk Phone Dock is slated to make its debut at the China Sourcing Fair next month, and it shouldn't have much trouble turning some heads among all the usual iPhone accessories. Complete details (including pricing and availability) will apparently have to wait until then, but the dock does promise to charge and sync your iPhone while it's in place, and it will function as a speakerphone as well if you don't feel like using the handset -- or simply as speaker for your iPhone, for that matter (that's a volume knob / mute button on top). Unfortunately, we won't be at the fair to check it out first hand, but we'll certainly be keeping a close watch on this one.

White BlackBerry Bold 9700 shows up on RIM's Thai website

By Vladislav Savov  posted Apr 2nd 2010 6:19AM

For those among us who want to jump on the BlackBerry bandwagon, but desire a slightly more distinctive device -- you know who you are -- here's some official indication of an incoming new color option for the Bold 9700. Commended as perhaps the finest device RIM has been able to concoct so far, the 9700 is now being shown sporting a new, creamy white exterior over on RIM's official Thailand website. Seems like the company is developing a habit of diversifying its handsets' colors after giving the classical black some time to hog the spotlight. Here's to hoping the repainted phones filter out to more local online locations and nearby quality phone retailers nice and quickly. A pic of the newly white rear can be found after the break.

Netflix coming to the iPhone and iPod touch

By Vladislav Savov  posted Apr 3rd 2010 5:59AM

This one needs very little explication indeed. Netflix has just officially confirmed that its currently iPad-only app will be trickling down to the smaller iPhone OS devices. It's all very teasing and noncommittal as far as the timeframe goes, but who's not excited about getting the "dessert" to the iPad's main course?

Apple holding iPhone OS 4 event, April 8th!

By Joshua Topolsky  posted Apr 5th 2010 12:05PM

Yes folks -- the world is turning upside down. Apple has announced an iPhone OS 4 event on April 8th at10AM PT for a "sneak peek of the next generation of iPhone OS software." So if you're wondering about the future of the platform... your answers will appear sooner than you think. The team collectively dropped an "OMG" when we saw this news, as it's pretty unusual to see such a big event coming from Apple right on the heels of something like the iPad launch. Of course we'll be there -- at Apple's Infinite Loop campus in Cupertino -- live and direct, providing the liveblogging coverage you know and love.

Sony Ericsson pushes major firmware update for Xperia X2, all three owners celebrate

By Chris Ziegler  posted Apr 6th 2010 5:59PM

Alright, X2 owners, you ready for this? Odds are you aren't, since virtually all of you are east of the Atlantic where it's getting close to bedtime and you're not likely reading this -- and for our New World friends, the North American version is stillinexplicably missing in action. Be that as it may, though, Sony Ericsson hasn't given up on its critically panned Xperia X2, delivering a sizable new firmware update that offers a variety of goodies like FM radio support, video calling, sundry performance and stability improvements, and SlideView 2.0 featuring "better usability throughout with a fresh design." It's currently being rolled out market by market, but the company expects everyone to have access to it by the end of the week -- except North Americans, of course, unless SonyStyle decides to get its but in gear in the next day or two.