Would You Prefer An Electronic Newspaper?
According to Ubergizmo, “the New York Times, International Herald Tribune, Les Echos (parent of The Financial Tmies), and French papers Le Monde, La Parisienne, and L’Equipe are experimenting with digitizing their newspapers for download on devices like the Sony Reader and the iRex.”
So the question is, would you give up your old-fashioned newspaper and go [...]
First Look: Sidekick 3
Information on the Sidekick 3 has surfaced on the FCC website - and although much of it remains confidential, clear images of the device are present in the filing.
Sidekick fans can expect a 1.3 megapixel camera, expandable memory (MiniSD), Quad Band GSM, and Bluetooth to be present in the latest version.
More information will be available [...]
Apple Introduces 17-Inch Macbook Pro
Today Apple unveiled the new 17-inch Macbook Pro with an Intel Core Duo processor.
According to the official Apple site, the new Macbook is up to 5X the speed of the Powerbook G4 with 8X the graphics bandwith.
Features:
15.4- or 17-inch widescreen display
Up to 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo
667MHz frontside bus and main memory
PCI Express architecture
Up to [...]
Top Ten Windows XP Tips of All-Time
Tech Web has come up with a list of the greatest Windows XP tips of all-time.
“Here you’ll find the tips that give you the most bang for your buck; that are most useful in terms of security, functionality, and PC performance; and that are just plain cool.”
The stuff on the list is nothing we haven’t [...]
Researcher Finds a Bunch of OSX Bugs
An Independent security researcher named Tom Ferris has discovered a sizeable amount of OSX bugs that have been deemed “highly critical” by the SANS Institute’s Internet Storm Center.
Apple has been made aware of the bugs and plans are currently in development to fix them via their next security update.
PC World notes that Mac OSX has [...]
Upcoming WOW Battlegrounds Enhancements
According to Gaming Steve, Blizzard is hard at work creating “new enhanced Battlegrounds servers” via patch 1.12 or 1.13.
What can we expect from this upcoming patch? Well, it seems that they will be linking 16 realms per server to ensure intense action. They will also be adding worldwide rankings, tournaments, ladders, etc in an attempt [...]
Seagate Leaks 750GB Barracuda Hard Drive
A PDF recently showed up on Seagate’s website that accidentally leaked information on its upcoming 7200.10 hard drives.
More information has shown up on the site since then, including details on two 750GB models: ST3750640A (PATA) and ST3750640SA (SATA).
Looks like we are well on our way to terabyte hard drives.
Click here to view the leaked PDF.
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Motorola’s RAZR 2 / “Canary” Phone
For those of you interested in checking out Motorola’s successor to the RAZR, Engadget managed to score some pics of the super-secret new phone - along with some interesting information.
Apparently, the new phone will sport a 1.3 megapixel camera (possibly 2 mp), bluetooth, and a microSD slot. It also has a stylish glass-like finish with [...]
XBox 360 Due For CPU Upgrade in Early 2007
Chartered Semiconductor of Singapore has revealed that they will be upgrading the current chip from 90nm to 65nm - which means a smaller, thinner chip that will generate less heat.
This will also make the XBox 360 cheaper to produce - which is good news for Microsoft given the fact that they are taking a big [...]
Square Enix Working on PS3 / Vista MMORPG
Japanese news site Impress is reporting that Final Fantasy XI developers are currently working on a new MMORPG for both Windows Vista and the PS3.
Futhermore, Hiromichi Tanaka, FFXI’s producer, commented that porting the Windows version of Final Fantasy XI to the XBox 360 would be a fairly simple task. On the other hand, making a [...]
