Is Adobe About To Sue Apple?

The relationship between Apple [AAPL] and Adobe has been getting considerably worse over the last couple of months, with Apple blocking Flash from running on the iPhone and iPad and then the announcement of the iPhone OS 4.0 which stops developers using Adobe software to develop iPhone and iPad applications.

microRemote DSLR Focus Controller Uses The iPhone For Its Display

If you like to use a remote with your DSLR, and own an iPhone then you may want to check out the microRemote DSLR Focus Controller from Redrock Micro.
The microRemote DSLR Focus Controller uses your iPhone as a display and it will display a range of features on your iPhone screen which include aperture, zoom, and some focusing features.
It also features a remote focus ring that lets you make sure you have the prefect shot, check out the video of it in action below.
The microRemote DSLR Focus Controller will go on sale in the summer for around $1,000 so it might end up being an accessory for the more serious photographers out there.


via Geeky Gadget

Apple Acknowleges iPad WiFi Problems

Since the Apple iPad was released on Saturday, a number of new owners have reported problems with WiFi, notably connections dropping and signal levels dropping.

What Can We Expect From The iPhone OS 4.0?

Tomorrow, the 8th of April 2010 Apple will show off the latest version of their iPhone OS at a special event, iPhone OS 4.0, so what changes can we expected in the latest major upgrade o the iPhone OS?
Multitasking is the major upgrade that everyone is hoping will be in the the iPhone OS 4.0, although it may work slightly different than many of us expect, We have heard previously that multi tasking on the iPhone may work the same way Expose works on Mac OS.
We may also see some of the iPad’s features available on the iPhone in 4.0, like the ability to customize background wallpaper, using the iPhone in both portrait and landscape mode, which is currently available on the iPad, which is running the iPhone OS 3.2 whilst the iPhone and iPod Touch are running 3.1.

Recording System For Your Car

The ideas has been around for a few years, but Hanwha Japan Co., Ltd have now created a recording system for your car. The UMAZONe X-Vue K3 is a compact camera that records upto 2 hours of driving footage using a 2GB storage card.

But dont worry once its full the clever device automatically starts overwriting the old footage in a continuous loop, never to miss anything important.

Still not quiet sure how this would help if you were hit from behind or the side. Unless you have cameras on all sides. However the X-Vue K3 measures only 102 x 41 x 77mm and weighs only 95g making it easily mounted behind your rear-view mirror.

There are no details on shipping dates at the moment but the in car recordign device can be purchased from Hanwha’s product page for approx $157.

Via geeky-gadgets

Firefox To Get Direct2D Hardware Acceleration

With new media gaming technology and streaming video websites browsers will be put under more and more strain in te future. Mozilla is looking to tackle this issue by developing a Direct2D feature that will allow the Firefox browser to use the graphic power directly from your graphics card.

The Direct2D support is only currently in alpha build and wont probably make the next release for Gecko 1.9.3 in October but developers are hoping a minor release will be ready shortly after. Which would enable Firefox to provide a faster browsing experience for its users.

However Mozilla is not the only company currently researching hardware acceleration. Chrome developers have begun working on project ANGLE.

Allowing  them to create a Direct3D-based implementation of WebGL. An upcoming web 3D graphics standard to be used with HTML5. The WebGL technology is already proving impressive, helping Googlers run a Quake 2 port inside a browser.

Via geeky-gadgets