Apple Software Update Enables Support for Magic Mouse [Apple]
Apple just released an update for Leopard and Snow Leopard granting use of the Magic Mouse’s more advanced functionality (read: multitouch) instead of just pointing and clicking. Check out our review of the Magic Mouse here. [The Loop]
Posted: October 27th, 2009
at 10:00pm by Dan Nosowitz
Topics: Apple, Magic mouse firmware, firmware, magic mouse, software, update
Sonos 3.1 software update out now, let the smug music tweeting begin
It’s October 27th which means Sonos is pushing the 3.1 system software out to its distributed home audio systems. With it comes a slightly tweaked, user interface (color icons! heh) for CR200 owners as well Twitter integration for whatever that’s worth to ya (don’t worry, it’s free). Still no sign of the iPod touch / iPhone app but it’s expected to pop on iTunes shortly.
Filed under: Portable Audio, Software
Sonos 3.1 software update out now, let the smug music tweeting begin originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 27th, 2009
at 12:46pm by Thomas Ricker
Topics: 3.1, SoftwareUpdate, software, software update, sonos, twitter, update
Nokia N97 firmware 2.0 hits the tubes, is ready for your attention
Got an N97? Yeah? Reckoned that Nokia has forgotten about your loyalty and moved all of its focus onto the N900? Fret not, dearest early adopter — the engineers in Espoo are making good on a promise to clear out lots of bugs in the aforesaid handset with firmware 2.0, and if we’re seeing this right, it’s available now to download all over the world. We know, you 5800 owners are clamoring for the same type of TLC, but for now it looks like the pricier sibling is getting its due. Hit the read link and get your download going, and make sure to report back on your kinetic scrolling experience, cool?
[Thanks, Daniel]
Filed under: Cellphones, Software
Nokia N97 firmware 2.0 hits the tubes, is ready for your attention originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 08:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 27th, 2009
at 9:57am by Darren Murph
Topics: Firmware2, Firmware2.0, NokiaN97, NowAvailable, available, download, firmware, firmware 2, firmware 2.0, n97, nokia, nokia n97, now available, software, update, upgrade
Intel’s SSD Toolbox, firmware update promise boost in performance
We won’t say that we love products leaving the oven before they’re completely done, but we do adore gratis firmware updates that better a product even after you’ve purchased it. That being said, we’re actually stoked that Intel has decided to out its second major firmware update for the second-gen 34nm X25-M SSD, and unlike the first, this one has the potential to put smiles on lots and lots (as opposed to a few) faces. The newfangled SSD Toolbox includes an SSD Optimizer for the aforementioned device, which promises to help users “more effectively monitor and manage the SSD’s health.” It also offers a performance boost to sequential write speeds by delivering up to 100MB/sec on the 160GB model, which represents a rather substantial 40 percent uptick over the existing firmware. The best news of all? Intel’s doing more than just blowing hot air, as the benchmarking gurus over at Hot Hardware found out. Hit the read link for their eye-opening analysis.
Intel’s SSD Toolbox, firmware update promise boost in performance originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:06:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 26th, 2009
at 5:06pm by Darren Murph
Topics: 34nm, 34nm ssd, 34nmSsd, Benchmarks, Performance, SolidStateDrive, SsdToolbox, TRIM, Windows, Windows XP, WindowsXp, benchmark, benchmarked, firmware, intel, solid state drive, ssd, ssd toolbox, update, vista, x-25m
BlackBerry Storm update landing tomorrow, bringing lots of good stuff (update: now with changelog!)
Hey, you — yeah you, the BlackBerry Storm owner over there. You listening? Good. That mythical software update we heard about just last week is obviously the real deal, and a screen grab from Verizon’s internal systems has shown up to prove it. We’re told that it should go live tomorrow (that’s October 25th for those in strange, potentially illegitimate time zones) at 6PM. On the whole, it’ll make your Storm act a lot more like the forthcoming Storm2, but specifically you can expect a “faster, more accurate and more natural text input experience, word completion, a virtual QWERTY keyboard in portrait view and enhanced sensitivity when editing, copying and pasting.” You’ll also get the ability to “enable Auto Correction as opposed to Word Completion in landscape view.” The full changelog should be coming soon, so hang tight! Oh, and cancel those plans for tomorrow night, okay?
[Thanks, Anonymous]
Update: Check out the full (purported) changelog after the break!
Filed under: Cellphones, Software
BlackBerry Storm update landing tomorrow, bringing lots of good stuff (update: now with changelog!) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 24th, 2009
at 12:01pm by Darren Murph
Topics: BlackberryStorm, SoftwareUpdate, Storm9530, blackberry, blackberry storm, firmware, qwerty, rim, smartphone, software, software update, storm, storm 9530, surepress, update
