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Archive for July 2008

July 27th, 2008

Sony FW-Series Now Available for Pre-Order

As The Site Guy said in an IM conversation: “The MacBook Air was spec’ed to match Sony’s TZ Series”. While some people will definitely find that doubtful, let’s go out on a limb and say that the new VAIO FW Series really looks good, shall we?

Read on to see another image and a max spec […]

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July 26th, 2008

Reliant My Ass

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July 26th, 2008

Maximize the Money You Spend on Desktops and Laptops

The PC Hardware Section of About.com has some great tips on selecting that perfect PC.
It’s reasonable enough to get the most powerful computer your budget allows, or the cheapest one on the block. But there are some considerations that need to be kept in mind. So you really get to maximize the money you spend. […]

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July 26th, 2008

The Barriers to iPhone 3G Business Adoption, Straight from the Horses’ Mouths

As the second-generation iPhone 3G is being marketed as the best phone for enterprise use, you can expect people to take note to Apple’s apparently new business-friendly stance. Some may like the company’s lip-service to providing what corporations need, while others see Apple as a company jumping on an old bandwagon in an effort to […]

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July 25th, 2008

Mobiles Maybe Good For Concentration, Study Suggests

It’s a relatively age-old question: do cell phones cause brain cancer and other bad things? Well, it seems no conclusive link has been found. But some white coats did find that EEG patterns in the gray matter slow down during cell phone usage:
Although no studies have shown a correlation between cell phone use and brain […]

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July 25th, 2008

A Truly Unlocked iPhone 3G Will Break the Bank

Reports are coming in: those who want an unlocked iPhone 3G but aren’t willing to sign up for any two-year AT&T plan will have to pay for the plan’s value up front. Assuming this is true, this represents an additional “fee” of up to $1,900 in the US.

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July 24th, 2008

MacBook Air Now Available for the Poor

The MacBook Air experience: take away the design, and you’re left with the portability and Mac OS X. That’s what the katexter has, thanks to his Hackintosh conversion of his MSI Wind. He (or she) claims it starts Word faster than a 2.4Ghz iMac, and more or less complete functionality:
What works: 1024×600 screen, Ethernet, USB […]

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July 24th, 2008

Old-School Gadget Humor

Thanks Joy of Tech!
Tags: Early Mac User, Joy of Tech!, Linux, Mac User, Mount a Floppy, Mounting a Floppy

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July 24th, 2008

How Hot Girls Market a Bikini

The LG Bikini that is. Sometime ago, LG found the perfect excuse to feature scantily-clad hotties, and that was to name its KF600 model the Bikini.
It’s a great plan actually, which gave the Korean manufacturer license to feature nameless women back at home (pictured above), and a more visually distinctive half-Singaporean for the world. Continue […]

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July 23rd, 2008

How an Architect of Windows 95 Became a Mac Lover

In an article virtually guaranteed to be cited on Steve Job’s next Mac-is-so-superior-keynote, the Cult of Mac gleefully interviews Satoshi Nakajima, the lead architect of Windows 95 who eventually became a Mac lover.
Interestingly enough, Mr. Nakajima has apparently publicized his conversion a little after putting up his own iPhone application company. Why come out only […]

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