by Stefan Etienne
on 01. Sep, 2010
in Apple, Mac OS X, News
If you have an iPhone 4, Mac, iPad or any other Apple=branded hardware, you will be able to watch today’s event, over a video live stream at 10:00 AM Pacific Time, 1 PM Eastern Time. A direct link to the stream will be placed on Apple’s homepage when the event is live.
If you’re part of the opposition who has a Windows computer and an Android phone, you’re out of luck. Seriously Apple, how closed off can you be? Don’t you have a Windows version of iTunes, Safari, and Quicktime?
Apple’s event today probably will consist of several new iPods, an Apple TV, an iLife update, and iOS 4 for the iPad, as according to various sources.
Source: Apple
by Stefan Etienne
on 30. Aug, 2010
in Breaking, Gaming, Lame, Microsoft, News
So Microsoft jacked up the XBOX LIVE subscriptions costs you say? Well, yes. On November 1st in the US, Canada, and Mexico, the 1-month charge is increasing to $9.99 from $7.99, three months will cost $24.99 from $19.99 while the yearly plan is increasing to $59.99 from $49.99. Yes, it sucks, and it nags me because I was going to buy an Xbox 360 S (I still am, btw).
Reasons for the price increase could be that Windows Phone 7 phones will have integration with your Xbox 360 and LIVE, as well as cross-platform gaming and a ton of other “nice” stuff.
by Stefan Etienne
on 30. Aug, 2010
in AMD, Hardware, News
Today is a very sad day for those of you PC gamers (and people who just know about computers). The ATI brand, the main opposition to NVIDIA’s graphics cards is now dead. AMD, the current company who owned ATI, had decided that ATI Radeon graphics cards (and everything else under their name will be re-branded with “AMD”. The first ATI (excuse me) video cards which will have AMD branding ship out later this year. It’s unfortunate, but AMD is promising to bringing along the Fusion series which packs a GPU and CPU in the same chip.
Source: TechReport
by Stefan Etienne
on 25. Aug, 2010
in Awesome, Breaking, Google, Internet, News, Opinion, Web 2.0
So here’s the whole idea: using GMail, you can now make free phone calls to the U.S and Canada via your Gmail account online. Basically, the service uses your laptop’s microphone to send awesome call quality (I just tested it myself) to anyone that you’re calling. And you can call internationally too, by adding (cheap!) amounts of money to your account, like 2 cents per-minute to Paris.
What’s The Catch?
There really isn’t one. Except one:
If you don’t have a Google Voice account, Gmail will use a random number in storage to make that call. If your friend calls you back, he/she gets a message saying that they were called with Gmail .But since I have a Voice account, I wouldn’t care at all.
So…The Verdict?
A great idea. Pretty cool. Alright, it’s awesome. Google’s caveman video of how it works is after the cut.
Source: Gmail Blog
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by Stefan Etienne
on 18. Aug, 2010
in Android, Dell, Hardware, News
So the Dell Streak has gone to meet its demise. Its transformation to the dark side of technology. To a site called iFixit, where they do anything but “fix” things on a daily basis.
Cut the drama short, and the Dell Streak was dismantled to every last bit. The team at iFixit declared that the Streak truly has a 1GHz Snapdragon, a 5 megapixel camera that “closely resembles” the iPhone 4’s, Gorilla Glass, and a 2 GB non-user accessible micro-SD card. On a sort of interesting scale of 1 to 10, 8 is the rating given to the Streak. This meaning that on a scale of 1-10 (10 being the easiest), the Streak is an 8 to dismantle for a ‘regular’ user.
Check out the carnage at the source link, and don’t forget to check out our unboxing of the Streak, and wait for the review!
Source: iFixit
by Stefan Etienne
on 17. Aug, 2010
in Apple, E-Readers, News, Software/Apps, Windows
So Nook for PC has been brought to life again, while the iPhone and iPad versions also get new features. While the PC gets the least of the bunch, the iPhone and iPad app updates bring in tons of new goodies (themes, day / night content options, line spacing, font styles, preferred justification, previews, etc.), along with a load of other stuff not worth the extra writing time.
TIME FOR PLAN B!
That means check out the source link below!!
Source: Barnes & Noble
by Stefan Etienne
on 11. Aug, 2010
in Internet, News
Fancy something new? If it’s the new Google Chrome 6 browser (or in this post’s honor) Firefox 4, then Mozilla has you covered. The new Firefox 4 beta 3 adds multitouch support for Windows 7, among a hoard of other improvements. There’s also improvements to the Javascript engine, and two more beta releases are due until the final release. Head on to get.firefox.com to enjoy!
by Stefan Etienne
on 06. Aug, 2010
in Breaking, HP, Lame, News, Strange
What’s one of the worst possible days to start a weekend as a CEO of one of the world’s most recongized PC manufacturers? Being Mark Hurd, and resign as CEO OF HP, that’s what. Amid sexual harassment charges and investigation, Mark was replaced by CFO Cathie Lesjak on an interim basis.
Mark’s statement:
“As the investigation progressed, I realized there were instances in which I did not live up to the standards and principles of trust, respect and integrity that I have espoused at HP and which have guided me throughout my career.”
While the world of HP moves on, current CEO of HP Cathie Lesjak, had this interesting choice of words to say: although Mark Hurd was a “strong leader, at the end of the day, he didn’t drive our initiatives — it was the organization that supported Mark in driving those initiatives.”
Ouch. That’s a harsh exit.
Source: HP
by Stefan Etienne
on 29. Jul, 2010
in E-Readers, Gadgets, Hardware, News
The successor to the Amazon Kindle 2 — in other words — thinner, lighter, less expensive, and Wi-Fi enabled, with the same 6-inch screen but with 50% better contrast and a 21% smaller footprint with 20% faster page turns. There’s also double the built-in memory — 4GB. The pricing is $189 for Wi-Fi plus 3G model and $139 Wi-Fi only.
To double on the new improvements and features, Amazon loaded an experimental Webkit browser that takes a millennium to load and provides only one form of salvation — an article mode which formats articles to be exactly like the eBooks on the reader. The new Kindle starts pre-ordering today.
Source: Amazon
by Stefan Etienne
on 26. Jul, 2010
in Android, HTC, Handsets, News, Sony
As you may or may have not heard, Samsung is having a heck of a time producing Super AMOLED and regular AMOLED screens, and only wants to keep the screens for its Galaxy S line phones. Whereas Sony is full of Super LCD screens, which are very close to AMOLED screens and can be read in direct sunlight. HTC’s CEO Peter Chou remarked that the SLCDs are “comparable” to the older screens and offers more battery life.
Strangely, the Droid Incredible (which has stocking issues because of this) wasn’t mentioned in the press release. Otherwise, the SLCD rollout is “later this summer”, for the international Nexus One sold overseas (even though it’s not in the U.S) and HTC Desire. PR after the cut!
Source Image: Flickr
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