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Archive for June, 2008

17 Jun

Windows XP to live on after Dell’s June 18th cutout

So Dell has decided to pull the plug right? Well not really, because although the mothership has decided to stop XP sales at the end of this month, you can still play the back-door man and wait it out with XP till the arrival of Windows 7. Here is some options:

Buy a new computer with [...]

16 Jun

Tech picture of the day - 16th of June 2008

LS-100TKM mouse + calculator + numeric keypad from Canon (hey?). How has nobody thought of that before? [Source: Gizmodo]

16 Jun

5 reasons Cyrillic domains will not help the spread of Russian

New Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has made the promotion of the Russian language one of his higher priorities and has called for the introduction of Cyrillic domain names. The idea is to make Russian a more international language and break it free from the current 300 million speakers.
On the surface, it sounds like a good [...]

14 Jun

Favourite tech picture of the day - 14th of June 2008

The Emperor workstation is the throne your wife will never let you have… [Source: NovelQuest via Gizmodo]

13 Jun

MoodStream is exactly what it says! Relax or get inspired

Drawing from the vast pool of Getty Images videos, photos and audio, MoodStream is a flash application that combines sound and vision according to your mood and settings. I did not expect to end up looking at this cute application for so long! You can tune MoodStream according to current level of happiness, how calm [...]

13 Jun

Favourite tech picture of the day - 13rd of June 2008

Super slim, glass, no-key keyboard by designer Kong Fanwen [Source: Yanko Design]

12 Jun

Portugal’s impressive transition to renewable energy

Source: Guardian
With regions blessed by Europe’s highest solar radiation, Portugal is not leaving its energy issues to chance. Already having the currently largest photovoltaic energy farm in the world, another PV farm that is currently under construction in the Moura region will reach 45MW to power 30,000 homes.
But things are not stopping there, Portugal is [...]

12 Jun

Favourite tech picture of the day - 12th of June 2008

The Mindset Six50 is a 2+2 seater under development by former Head of Design at VW, Murat Günak. With a range of 100km (electrical mode) or 800km (hybrid mode) and a battery-recharging solar roof panel it does not intend to be just a show off. The impressive 0-100km/h acceleration of 6 seconds will be [...]

11 Jun

Is there a new Nikon D10?

Engadget calls it a unicorn, Gizmodo is convinced it is a photoshopped fake image. However nobody can deny that Nikon has lately become quite aggressive and has probably surpassed Canon in innovation, performance and attractive new models.
The only real difference in the ranges of the two companies being the full-frame Canon 5D, it would be surprising if Nikon did [...]

11 Jun

Mac OS 10.6 Snow Leopard will just improve internal operation

The new Mac OS 10.6 also known with the code name Snow Leopard will arrive in about a year. It will support up to 16TB of RAM, improve multi-core support and generally tidy up internal operations. As for Windows Vista, it is this time for development teams to focus on smooth operation or maybe shortcomings [...]

11 Jun

Nokia doing some handy business in India

At the same time that Europe and North America are losing their sleep over the release of the 3G iPhone, markets like India require cheap reliable devices to cover an insatiable demand for good old voice communication -remember that?
Nokia has got the message a while ago, and as pluggd India reports, it commands 60% percent [...]

11 Jun

Which devices should fear the smartphone?

Reading about how scared GPS device manufacturers are about the widespread release of smartphones with that capability integrated, I cannot help but think it is so logical. This functionality is desirable by all of us, so why not have it in the one device that we use all day?
Thinking a bit further, GPS devices are [...]

10 Jun

Dynamic Dubai Tower to produce energy surplus

Imagine a 59-level building that has rotating levels, each one moving independently according to its occupants’ desire. Imagine also this building’s energy production capacity being enough to not only cover all its needs but also feed the electricity network with excess electrical energy and helping with the city’s energy conservation efforts.
Science fiction? Quite the opposite. [...]

10 Jun

5 reasons the iPhone is great for the mobile market

Apple has a great iPhone strategy. It starts with an attractive product missing critical capabilities -3G fast data rates being the most important one- to then come back with a -surprise surprise- 3G version causing supporters and media to deal with Apple for days on end.
I guess the same people that bought the 2G version [...]

10 Jun

Sony A350 review by dpreview gives mixed results

The Sony A350 has been reviewed before but the review of dpreview is certainly stricter than most and shows the two-sided personality of the 14Mp body.
Build quality is very good and the feel of Liveview is excellent, the friendliest possible for those that have only used compacts before.
Where the A350 seems to fail to impress [...]

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