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Use your iPhone or iPod touch to control content on Blu-ray discs

Erica Ogg | Jul 21, 2009

Starting next week, Universal will release an app for the iPhone and iPod touch that controls content on Blu-ray Discs.

It's a first for the industry, but it falls in line with the Blu-ray format's efforts to expand beyond the disc and into other personal electronics devices. The app will launch to coincide with Universal's release of Fast & Furious on Blu-ray July 28.

Depending on the title it's associated with, the application will allow bonus features from the disc to be downloaded to an iPhone or iPod touch, and will let either device act as a remote control for some Blu-ray features. While watching the film, the app will also feed related info about the cast or the film itself.
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Nokia trademarks Cseries and Xseries

John Chan | Jul 20, 2009

Smartphones from Nokia are mostly filed under its Nseries and Eseries categories. The former describes high-end entertainment devices, while the other is its business-oriented line. Over the weekend, gadget blog Gizmodo reported that the Finnish giant has trademarked the Cseries and Xseries names.

There's no indication of what this means at this point, though its recent joint announcement with Intel makes us wonder if one of these new brands could be for some new mobile Internet device. One commenter on Gizmodo speculated that it could just mean Consumer and XpressMusic (like the 5800, shown right), which makes sense as those two product lines do not fall under any of the Nokia "series" brandings at the moment. Let's wait and see if the Finns make any big announcements in the coming months.

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Symbian Foundation admits Trojan slip-up

Tom Espiner | Jul 20, 2009

The Symbian Foundation has acknowledged that its process for keeping malicious applications off Symbian OS-based phones needs improvement, after a Trojan horse program passed a security test.

The botnet-building Trojan, which calls itself "Sexy Space", passed through the group's digital-signing process, Symbian's chief security technologist Craig Heath said Thursday. Heath said the group is working on improving its security-auditing procedure.

"When software is submitted, we do try to filter out the bad eggs," Heath told ZDNet UK. "When apps are submitted, they are scanned. We are looking at how they could be scanned better."
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Motorola's new Bluetooth headset and speakerphone

Nicole Lee | Jul 20, 2009

Motorola H790 and T215
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Motorola has just introduced two new Bluetooth accessories, the Motorola H790 Bluetooth headset and the Motorola T215 Bluetooth speakerphone.

Both are equipped with Motorola's CrystalTalk technology that promises to suppress background noise. The H790 has a thin and sleek design with dual microphones, and even a voice prompt that lets you know if you're on mute, how to pair, and your remaining battery life.

The T215, on the other hand, is a black speakerphone that you can clip onto your car's visor. It promises 36 hours of talktime, a 2-watt speaker, noise cancellation, plus mute. We're not sure of the price just yet, but we'll get back to you with that.

Via CNET Crave

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iPhone's Safari gets Google's My Location feature

Jessica Dolcourt | Jul 17, 2009

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Google on Wednesday rolled out the My Location feature for Google.com on the iPhone. Now, when you visit Google.com from the Safari browser of an iPhone sporting 3.0 software, you'll be greeted with a hyperlink urging you to enable My Location.

The My Location feature, which launched for Google Maps for Mobile in 2007, traditionally smacked a blue circle in the map, indicating your rough whereabouts. Since then, it's been integrated into Google Mobile App on iPhone. On Google's iPhone search page, it pulls down your location from the cloud and returns search results relevant to your physical context. Instead of typing in a city or ZIP code to narrow results, the My Location feature will take charge.
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