PSA: Sprint's iDEN push-to-talk network rides into the sunset June 30th

The end of an era arrives Sunday, when Sprint will officially shut the door on its Nextel iDEN push-to-talk service. Subscribers who've held onto the legacy PTT standard with white knuckle grips (and extra fees) will have to switch to its CDMA-based Direct Connect offering for continued chirping capabilities -- or migrate to the likes of Ma Bell's haus. The freed up 800MHz spectrum won't remain idle; if you'll recall, it'll be re-allocated to give a major boost to Sprint's 4G CDMA voice/LTE data rollout for 2014. Hurry up and make that switch if you haven't already and relive some Sprint Nextel memories with us after the break.

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Google brings Microsoft Office document editing to Chrome OS developer track

If you look back about a year ago, you'll be reminded that Google purchased the mobile office suite Quickoffice. We finally see the fruits of the purchase, but not exactly how everyone expected to see it. Using the Microsoft Office compatibility built into Quickoffice's document editing, users on the Chrome OS developer build track can now edit both Word and Excel files without any hassles, right from their Chromebook.

Of course, being in the developer track means there is bound to be bugs. But Google has been fairly swift with pushing features through the dev and beta tracks, and we're seeing new features and additions roll into the stable branch with every release. Still, things may not be ready for prime time just yet.

To give this a try for yourself, you need to switch to the developer track of Chrome OS, and set an experimental flag. Point your browser at chrome://flags, and find the "Enable document editing" entry. Enable it and restart your Chromebook. There's a place to report any and all Quickoffice bugs right here, so be sure to report any difficulties you run into. Here's to a happy test phase, and we're looking forward to seeing Microsoft Office file editing in the stable branch soon.

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Vodafone Blue handset with Facebook-centric features debuts in India

Vodafone has dived once again in the mobile phone manufacturing arena with the Vodafone Blue Facebook oriented handset. Developed in collaboration with the social networking site, it comes with free Facebook access for an entire year. To start with its Facebook affinity, it is embellished with a blue hued dedicated Facebook key standing out in [...]

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Apple Owns TabletMac Trademark

We’re not sure if the news that Apple now owns the TabletMac trademark means that they’re being protective as usual or if we’re going to see their tablet sometime soon.
Transferred from Axiotron, this new trademark might just mean some positive thing are headed this way.� Your thoughts?

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Sony Handycam 4K Concept Camcorder First Impressions Review

Sony's message was all about 4K for the masses. But if the masses want to record 4K themselves, what kind of device are they going to use? Sony gives us an early idea.

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Terminator movie reboot in 2015 (but is Arnie in it?)

Terminator is the next sci-fi classic to get a reboot, with news that the 1984 movie will return as part one of a new trilogy in 2015, with rumors that Arnold Schwarzenegger will star. The new three-parter is the handiwork of Paramount Pictures, Skydance, and Annapurna Pictures, and though there’s no indication of who might

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Internet godfather Sir Tim Berners-Lee denounces government web spying

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, co-founder of the World Wide Web and the godfather of the modern day internet, has slammed governments using the internet to snoop and spy on their citizens. Berners-Lee, vocally pro-internet freedom and anti-web regulation, warned that society...

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Pixels rejoice: native Microsoft Word and Excel file editing arrive on Chrome OS

Those paying close attention to Google’s pre-final releases of the operating system iteration of Google’s Chrome will have noticed the addition of some rather important abilities to Chromium code. Noting the discovery of this addition well before Google made such a thing public was developer Fran�ois Beaufort. As a Google open-source evangelist himself, Beaufort was

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London Underground Tube Tent

Summer is upon those of us who happen to live in the northern hemisphere, and it is a time of movie blockbusters, plenty of time spent by the beaches to get a tan, as well as jet setting across the world for a holiday to take a much deserved break from all the hard work [...]

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Yahoo Mail adds simple Flickr photo sharing

Many criticized a pre-Marissa Mayer Yahoo for doing little to integrate acquisitions with its core services, even when they were popular services like Del.icio.us. We can't accuse the company of negligence today, as it just added simple Flickr photo sharing to Yahoo Mail. Those drafting messages just have to tap an arrow to attach files from their photo streams, and they can sign up for Flickr on the spot. While there's only so many of us who could use Flickr sharing right now, Yahoo teases that there are more Mail upgrades in the pipeline -- it's not done fighting Gmail and Outlook just yet.

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Canon VIXIA HF20 SDHC/Flash memory HD Camcorder

The Canon VIXIA HF20 HD camcorder features the ability to record to both an internal, 32GB flash drive and removable SDHC cards. It has the ability to record in Full HD resolution at 24Mbps, the highest bitrate in the popular AVCHD format. Other major features of the Canon HF20 include a 15x zoom lens with [...]

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Sharp DK-KP85PH Hi-Fi docks iPads and iPhones in all-in-one sound system

Offering iPad and iPhone docking and CD playback, Sharp's new DK-KP85PH Hi-Fi is a comprehensive Hi-Fi system. Using two 25 Watt digital amplifiers with speakers mounted left and right of an upright, central CD tray, the Hi-Fi also supports wireless...

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Hands-on with leaked Android 4.3 ROM for the Google edition Galaxy S4 [Updated]

First glimpse of the next version of Android looks a lot like what's come before

There's a leaked Android 4.3 Jelly Bean ROM out in the wild this morning, in the form of a pre-release build for the 'Google Play edition' Galaxy S4. It's also been ported to the European LTE Galaxy S4 (GT-i9505) in the form of a custom ROM, courtesy of the original source of the leak, Samsung fansite SamMobile.

We've fired up that ROM on our European GS4 and shot a quick hands-on video, giving an early glimpse of the next version of Android. And, well, it looks an awful lot like the current version of Android, supporting earlier reports that 4.3's changes are mostly under-the-hood, rather than user-facing. That means for the most part, we're dealing with the same user experience found on the current Google Play edition GS4.

Check out our video after the break, along with a list of behind-the-scenes changes we've noticed.

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Sony DCR-DVD610, DCR-DVD710, DCR-DVD810, and DCR-DVD910 Camcorders

Sony has entered the year with four new standard-definition DVD camcorder models, the DCR-DVD610, DCR-DVD710, DCR-DVD810, and DCR-DVD910. All four models feature the ability to record footage to Memory Stick PRO Duo cards, a feature that could alleviate much of the stress associated with running out of space on a 1.4-2.6GB 8cm DVD. Smart move, [...]

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Android 4.3 leaks for 'Google Play edition' Galaxy S4

The next version of Jelly Bean has leaked for the 'Google Play edition' GS4 — and there's a port for the European GS4 model already

Android 4.3 Jelly Bean isn't even official yet, but already a leaked build has appeared for the Samsung Galaxy S4 "Google Play edition." The pre-release build was uploaded by Samsung fansite SamMobile in its original form, and in the form of a custom ROM for the European Galaxy S4 — GT-i9505.

The initial batch of screnshots from the ROM (build number JWR66N) doesn't show any major differences from version 4.2.2, however we'll have to reserve judgment until we've played with the software for ourselves. For the moment, however, 4.3 looks to be a relatiely minor bump up from 4.2.

We'll bring you more coverage of this story as it unfolds.

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