Tag archive: Blue

Color Labs, the team behind the commercially disappointing Color app, is trying its hand at something new. TechCrunch reports that developers will reveal a Facebook app at f8 today called Blue that will target Harvard students specifically. Here’s the email explaining Blue: “Subject: New Harvard exclusive app launched w/ Zuckerberg In case Harvard isn’t exclusive enough for us, a new app launched with Facebook today is available exclusively for… Read More

In the run up to the Mobile World Congress 2009, Samsung has officially announced Blue Earth, a new all-touchscreen smartphone powered by sunlight. The front of the phone is one giant touchscreen interface, while the back boasts a solar panel which the company claims can generate enough electricity to keep the phone charged and ready to go. And Samsung's environmentally-conscious efforts don't stop there: the phone is made from… Read More

Store brands aren’t just for socks, imitation mac and cheese and soda anymore. On Wednesday, Best Buy announced the creation of Blue Label, a new line of in-store consumer electronics products that the retailer will have some hand in developing using feedback from its customers. Unlike true “store brands” that imitate name brands and attempt to cut down on cost, Blue Label products will be developed hand-in-hand… Read More

Although it might seem there are only a handful of people in the world who aren't trying to set hands on an iPhone—or who don't already have one—Verizon Wireless wants consumers to remember they really do have options, and is rolling out two new variations on the LG Chocolate music phone as proof. The new Chocolates are available in Black Cherry and Blue Mint, and sport all the features which not so long-ago made the… Read More

There are desktop computers, and then there are supercomputers. And there are supercomputers, and then there is IBM’s Blue Gene/P – which should be able to run three computational laps by the time its closest opponent finishes one. IBM revealed the machine at the International Supercomputing Conference in Dresden on Tuesday. The Blue Gene/P is the latest in IBM’s Blue Gene line-up of supercomputers. According to… Read More

Blue Raven Technologies has introduced its new MediaMate 7040 and 7080 all-in-one portable media players and DVRs, offering storage capacities of 40 and 80 GB (respectively) and large 7-inch screens designed to make viewing video content possible without holding the units up your the tip of your nose and squinting. “Blue Raven designed this product by prioritizing the features consumers care about most: price, ease of use, and a… Read More

“IBM's Blue Gene/L, being assembled for the department's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, performed 135.3 trillion floating point operations per second running benchmark software, the NationalNuclear Security Administration said. The result eclipses the 70.72 teraflops that a smaller version of the system achieved running the Linpack benchmark program last fall. Blue Gene, being assembled for the NNSA for simulating… Read More

The smallest in the FOMA series, the new model boasts a compact (98cc) and lightweight (109g) design that is on a par with 2G handsets. It also features an enhanced mail function and longer batterylife. The N2102V's enhanced Speed photo mail