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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Scratch another MacBook Air rival: HP Envy 13 sales end]]></title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:11:15 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Hewlett-Packard has officially killed the Envy 13, a MacBook Air rival that follows the Dell Adamo into the dustbin of luxury laptop history. HP Envy 13: like the 13-inch MacBook Air and Dell Adamo 13, it has an all-metal chassis.(Credit:Hewlett-Packard)After moving the Envy 13 into the fire sale bin over the last few months, the laptop is officially defunct. This follows the demise of the Dell Adamo. &quot;We don't offer the Envy 13 anymore...the Envy 14 basically replaced [it],&quot; an HP spokeswoman said today. But the Envy 14 is hardly what the 13 was: at under 4 pounds, it weighed about two pounds less than the 14 and was a svelte 0.8 inches thick, compared to the 14's prosaic 1.16 inches. (Like the MacBook Air and Dell Adamo, the Envy 13 did not integrate an optical drive.) For those unfamiliar with the Envy 13, it was an obvious response to Apple's aluminum MacBook line and specifically the MacBook Air. (This was confirmed by an HP representative I spoke to at a trade show I was attending when the Envy 13 was released.) In fact, the 13 was the marquee model in the original Envy lineup announced back in September of 2009, when HP sang its praises. &quot;The Envy 13's strong performance is delivered in a small frame--less than an inch thin and weighing 3.74 pounds. The exterior's aluminum and magnesium construction provides durability in a sleek design,&quot; HP said at the time. And it was probably the only top-tier ultra-slim luxury laptop to use a high-performance standalone, aka &quot;discrete,&quot; graphics chip: an ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330, which gave it stellar graphics performance compared to its peers. Even the Air used (and still uses) an integrated graphics solution from Nvidia. (For all of you graphics silicon aficionados who might take exception to that statement, the Nvidia GeForce 9400M, used in the prior version of the Air, and the GeForce 320M, used in the 2010 Air, are integrated into an Nvidia chipset, i.e., they are not discrete graphics chips.) Where the Envy 13 fell down was the use of a standard 5400RPM hard-disk drive. Though better than the prior MacBook Air's slower 4200RPM hard disk model, it was a mismatch for that form factor that ultimately, like the Dell Adamo and 2010 MacBook Air, would standardize on solid-state drives. There were Intel 80GB and 160GB solid-state drive options for the Envy 13, but these drove the price into the stratosphere (a common failing of first-generation ultraportables). The Envy's original starting price was $1,699 and it quickly jumped to more than $2,000 by adding an SSD. Over the past few months, HP had been selling the Envy 13 for $999, with a $450 instant rebate. That model included an Intel 1.6GHz Core 2 Duo Processor (SL9300), 3GB of memory, ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330 Graphics with 512MB of dedicated memory, Beats audio, a 250GB (5400RPM) hard-disk drive, an external SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW drive with double layer support, andWindows 7 Home Premium 64-bit. But that may have been too little, too late. Like the Dell Adamo, the first-generation of ultraportables were just too pricey for many consumers to justify. Here's a spec-to-spec comparison with the MacBook Air that I did back in November of 2009.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[FCC chairman proposes changes to subsidy program]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 08:10:47 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dosolungal</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The Federal Communications Commission is planning to overhaul the $8 billion phone subsidy program to include funding for broadband in underserved communities. The FCC is expected to vote on an order tomorrow that will open comments for revising the Universal Service Fund, or USF. In a speech today at the Information Technology &amp; Innovation Foundation in Washington, D.C., FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski outlined his proposal for revising the fund. And he talked about the importance of taking action to reform USF now.&quot;While the world has changed around it, USF--in too many ways--has stood still, and even moved backwards,&quot; Genachowski said. &quot;The program is still designed to support traditional telephone service. It's a 20th century program poorly suited for the challenges of a 21st century world. Where USF has changed over the years, it's too often changed for the worse.&quot;He continued that well-intentioned policies have been put in place over the years that have weighed down the program. And he suggests revamping the USF to make it more efficient in providing services to rural communities. He also suggested revising inter-carrier compensation, a system by which carriers charge each other for accessing portions of each other's networks. &quot;In its current state, the program is not getting the job done,&quot; he said. &quot;It's leaving millions on the outside looking in, and wasting taxpayer dollars every year. That's unacceptable. We need to be responsible fiscal stewards, to get the most bang for our USF buck. Particularly in light of its inefficiencies, we need to control the costs of USF.&quot;The USF, which has been used to help pay for traditional phone service in rural communities and Internet access to schools and libraries, has grown from a $2.3 billion fund in 1998 to nearly $8 billion in 2010. The program is funded by fees that long-distance telephone providers charge to consumers. Genachowski's plan calls for phasing out the support of regular phone lines over the next several years and instead have it fund broadband deployments in rural areas and underserved communities. Congressional leaders, telephone companies, and consumer groups have long supported the idea of revising the program. But getting wide support for specific proposals has been difficult as companies that might lose funding when the program is revised have fought it.The FCC discussed broad proposals for overhauling the USF program in the National Broadband Plan, which was released last year. The FCC's action tomorrow will open a formal proceeding to get public comment on ways to reform the program, including suggestions for changing the formula for how the program is funded. The agency is not expected to take specific action to change the USF until later this year.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hacker jailbreaks iPad 2 &8212' already]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>dosolungal</dc:creator>
<category>Latest News</category>
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<description><![CDATA[The iPad 2 has been jailbroken already, according to a video posted this evening.A hacker who goes by the nickname @comex on Twitter claimed tonight to have hacked the security on the iPad 2. By breaking the security &amp;8212' commonly known as &amp;''jailbreaking&amp;'' &amp;8212' the hacker was able to run software on the iPad 2 that is not authorized by Apple. If that exploit code becomes available widely, users will be able to circumvent the iPad 2&amp;'s security and run software that isn&amp;'t authorized by Apple.The video shows Cydia 1.1 running on a white iPad 2. (Cydia is a software application for the iOS, Apple&amp;'s mobile operating   system, that allows users to find and download apps for iOS  devices.) The hacker added in a tweet, &amp;''Would&amp;'ve had it yesterday if I didn&amp;'t have to spend 15 days looking for a replacement exploit.&amp;''The speed with which the hacker jailbroke the iPad 2 shows that it&amp;'s still pretty easy for hackers to stay ahead of those who try to protect tech gadgets from being hacked. Apple has tried to protect its devices, but hackers have jailbroken just about every new iOS device within days of getting their hands on them.The hack is believed to have taken longer this time because Apple eliminated previous vulnerabilities with the release of iOS 4.3, which came out just ahead of the new iPad 2.Next Story: HP&amp;'s new CEO poised to outline strategy on Monday Previous Story: Angry Birds maker predicts the death of console gamingPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: iPad 2, jailbreakCompanies: ApplePeople: comex          Tags: iPad 2, jailbreakCompanies: ApplePeople: comexDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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