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Here are all the posts written in 2009 April.

Weighing under 6-ozs and priced under $150, the Genius G-Shot HD520 offers 11-megapixel stills and HD video with H.264 compression format for exceptional quality output to today’s high-resolution flat panel TVs MIAMI (April 27, 2009) – Genius, a brand division of KYE Systems Corp., has announced a new compact, pocket-size high-definition digital video camera that […]

While Samsung is planning to expand its Omnia line up with Windows Mobile only smartphones, hdblog.it has an exclusive rumor on the upcoming Omnia Pro. The Samsung Omnia Pro is said to be running Windows Mobile 6.1, comes with a sliding QWERTY keyboard, 3.5-inch WVGA touch screen, using AMOLED display and a 5 megapixel camera. […]

C Dennis MacAlistair Ritchie (born September 9, 1941) is an American computer scientist notable for his influence on C and other programming languages, and on operating systems such as Multics and Unix. He received the Turing Award in 1983 and the National Medal of Technology in 1998. Ritchie was the head of Lucent Technologies System […]

Law of Mechanical Repair After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you’ll have to pee. Law of Gravity Any tool, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible corner. Law of Random Numbers If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal and someone always […]

Let’s say you’re flying out of town for an important business meeting. If you’re bored or the one sitting next to you irritates you try doing this: Quietly and calmly open up your laptop case. Remove your laptop. Start it up. Make sure the fellow traveller who is annoying you can see the screen. Then […]

Here’s why men are better friends than women. Friendship Among Women A woman didn’t come home one night. The next day she told her husband that she had slept over at a girlfriend’s house. The man called his wife’s 10 best friends. Not one of them knew anything about it. Friendship Among Men A man […]

Swedish gardening and outdoor equipment producer Husqvarna launched a new robotic lawnmower, equipped with GSM technology that sends a text message (SMS) to the caretaker’s cell phone if it needs assistance. All by itself, the Automower 260 ACX cuts the grass, fertilizes the lawn with the cut offs from the grass and is also able […]

The Hubble Telescope was carried into orbit on this day, April 24th, back in 1990, which makes it 19 years old. Now it can finally legally drink alcohol in Ontario! Hooray! The Hubble telescope has taken countless stunning, amazing pictures of deep space since entering orbit. Check out a few of the great photos Hubble […]

Sure, you can’t pronounce Ubuntu, but the latest release is ready for download anyway. Ubuntu 9.04, aka Jaunty Jackalope, comes with the promise of faster boots, better power management, immediate system access after hibernation, a new system-wide notification service, and broader device support for intelligent switching between WiFi and 3G networks. 9.04 is available in […]

Historically, the term “gamer” usually referred to someone who played role-playing games and wargames. More recently, however, the term has grown to include players of video games. While the term nominally includes those who do not necessarily consider themselves to be gamers (i.e., casual gamers), it is commonly used to identify those who spend much […]