Entries from May 2008 ↓

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After almost a year of waiting, Windows XP is finally in OLPC (One Laptop Per Child). This child friendly device was originally developed with Linux as its OS. Although it doesn’t really matter to the kids who will be receiving them, users here have been clamoring for an XP version of the device that should be integrated to the market. It’s also a nice marketing strategy for Microsoft as they show their compassionate side to the kids. Microsoft, through Bill Gates already has a Classmate PC with an XP on it so XP in OLPC XO is a great addition to the device.

The reason why XP has been delayed for almost a year is that Microsoft has to build new sets of drivers that could fit to the very small storage capacity of the XO. With this version of XO, the mesh networking may not be available. Although XP has been squeezed to the bare essentials, it still wouldn’t fit to the 1GB storage capacity. Instead, expect that XO will be released with a preloaded 2GB SD card. The operating system along with the preloaded applications will take up 1.5GB. Since users will have a total of 3GB of storage capacity, they will still have 1.5GB for their personal documents. Besides, you still have USB ports so that you can have more storage capacity.

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Every now and then, Dell likes to come out with a brand new laptop that doesn’t just sport better specs but better artwork as its cover. The project is called Dell Art House, these special laptops are designed by artists who has the innovation and funk that will attract the younger market. This time is no different as they sought the help of Mike Ming – a Brooklyn based artist to design their latest offering, the Dell 1525.

Honestly, I don’t have the slightest idea who Mike Ming is. So I Googled the artist and what came out are different artworks that are very impressive. I’m no artist but Mike Ming knows how to capture the imagination of his spectators.

On the design area, Dell 1525 comes in four designs with eight different colors. If you think the art work shows the artist’s creativity, check out some of their names: “Sea Sky” and “Bunch O Surfers”.

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Hello World!! this may be a little off topic but I really had to write a review of this brilliant software that I stumbled upon.Please read below my honest opinion of this great software I recently purchased.

The Internet is full of ways to make money and promising of a better tomorrow. Clicking on link after link, you find the same story repeated for each and every one. You pay me and I will give you the opportunity to offer this deal to other people. This pyramid-esque scheme is at the heart of ever so many sites. But, The Fat Rich Pig is far different. You are given the knowledge needed to make more money tomorrow than you did today and that is what making money online is all about.

The best part of The Fat Rich Pig for me was in the details provided in the information. This is not your run of the mill marketing ploy, it is a marketing plan that provides you with a step by step guide on how to make money, real money. There are no gimmicks and that is such a refreshing change. And, the cost of the program is pennies compared to other eBooks that are simply PLR articles rewritten and sold for profit. The creator of the Fat Rich Pig program tells you up front, making money online is hard work, there is no get rich quick scheme that is even worth the money you will spend on the package.

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Apple’s iPhone got everyone thrilled with its touchscreen technology along with a very cool interface. Add to that is the Apple’s natural ability to dazzle techies and the massive success of the classic iPod, it got the whole mobile world on its knees to the iPhone and its non-phone predecessor, iPod Touch. For months, different companies have been coming out with their own touchscreen phones to challenge the iPhone. Among them is the Taiwan-based HTC which undeniably was able to grab some piece of the action through their own touchscreen phones such as the original HTC Touch. Using their own TouchFlo technology, they were able give a good looking phone with features that could rival the iPhone.

Lately, HTC even added more dazzle to their HTC Touch. They have just recently presented to the public the upgraded version of HTC Touch called the HTC Touch Diamond. Using the same TouchFlo technology, HTC Diamond presents features that will make you think twice about the iPhone.

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SSD (Secured Storage Data) is thought to be the next best thing in hard drive technology for mobile computers. Even though it’s tougher, it doesn’t reach its market appeal yet. Highly expensive and relatively slow, SSD is still on its baby-phase: It might be years before we could see a 320GB SSD that will not cost us more than a thousand dollars.

For now Hitachi is banking on the good old hard drive. Called the Travelstar 7K320, this laptop hard drive will show you that the soon to be old is not that bad especially for your laptop. Aside from 320GB of storage capacity, the 7200 RPM should turn any laptop junkies head into considering this hard drive. According to their recent press release, the 7K320 promises 60% increase of storage capacity, 12% increase of performance. All of these are possible while driving down 22% of power consumption. With this speed, data transfer is also at its peak. Standard data transfer is 3GB/s while the encrypted transfer is up to 1GB/s. If that speed will never amaze you, nothing will.

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One of the big parts of the gadget market that is set to continue into the future is the combination of gadgets with other things. For example, the combination of technology with clothing is something that we might start seeing more of in the near future and that future is here right now with the Hood.e concept.

Quite simply, Hood.e was developed by a man that was interested in ensuring that his son had a safe trip to school. The son would listen to his ipod on the walk with the earphones stuck in his ears. At the same time, he was crossing busy terrain and intersections and for that reason the lack of hearing of the ambient noise around him was a big concern for this father.

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There are many rumours that can circulate across the internet in the world of online gadgetry and one of the chief jobs of a good blogger is to distinguish between rumours that might be true and rumors that are most definitely not true. Every now and then a rumour falls into a grey area between these two extremes and this is definitely one of those situations.

Palm, the company that achieved fame through the marketing and creation of handheld personal desktop assistant devices, is apparently planning to release two new phones into the market. In a report put into circulation by TamsPPC, two phones that have been given project development names of Zeppelin and Skywriter are going to be coming to the market within the next six months. These phones will include a combination of phone features and PDA features and for that reason will represent a high-end all-in-one solution from the Palm Company.

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PSP devices are some of the most popular devices in the world today, with sales still topping the charts when compared to handheld products that have been released more recently. Part of the reason for the overall success of the PSP is the fact that accessories continue to be released for it that allow you to augment the PSP and make it even better than it was when you first fell in love with it. One of these new accessories is close to being released and it has the ability to really blow you away.

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Few electronic gadgets have been as anticipated in recent memory as the Nokia E71. The pulse of the online gadget community was quite obvious in the case of the Nokia E71; it was a pulse of people that wanted to know as much information as possible. Rumours abounded and every new piece of news was treated and over-treated in an attempt to glean from it any possible information. Well, people that have been waiting with baited breath for the Nokia E71 to hit stores might be about to get exactly what they want, as the Nokia E71 could be announced to the public within the United States are early as the end of this week.

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Computers and portable electronics are not the only gadgets that get a makeover on a regular basis; quite often you’ll find that routers are released with a different look as well. When you consider the Linksys router, a router that can be found in many of the different homes and offices around the country, a new design is bound to attract attention.

Linksys has created a router with a design that almost makes it look like the windshield of an ultra-modern car. If you consider the cars that you see in futuristic movies and the windshield designs that those cars have, a miniature version of that represents the front of the Linksys router with a slope that starts at the top and extends downwards to the front of the router where all the displays are.

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Popularity: 11% [?]