Archive for: October 6, 2007

October 6, 2007

CE-Oh no he didn’t! Part XLV: Amiga head says new AmigaOS 5 “better than OS X”

Filed under: Review - 06 Oct 2007

Filed under: Desktops
certain, we know you and your Video Toaster have been gutted by that whole AmigaOS 4 debacle… what’s that? You’ve never heard of OS 4? You didn’t know Amiga was still around? You hadn’t heard that Bill McEwan, CEO of Amiga says the company’s next OS is going to be “better tha…

Yamaha’s YSP-500 compact “Sound Projector”

Filed under: Review - 06 Oct 2007

As much as audiophiles may hate all-in-one “sound projection” boxes that simulate multiple speakers, as expanded as consumers have limited space in their apartments — or remain unwilling to chuck cables all by the place — there will be a market for such devices. The Yamaha YSP-500 has dimensio…

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New screening technology might detect terrorists before they act

Filed under: Review - 06 Oct 2007

Computer and behavioral scientists at the University of Buffalo are developing a system that will allow authorities to track faces, voices, bodies and various other biometrical info to create a score for how likely an individual is to commit a terrorist act. Sound like the scariest Big Brother p…

HP’s iPAQ 110 and 210 PDAs get shipment period, prices

Filed under: Review - 06 Oct 2007

We know that you’re all on pins and needles right now waiting to find out when you can get your hands on those new HP PDAs, the iPAQ 110 and 210, and how much it will cost you when you do. Well, you’re in luck, considering the company has just added shipping dates and pricing to its website, thu…

First Syllable Server Development Release

Filed under: Review - 06 Oct 2007

The first development release of Syllable Server is available. It provides a text mode Linux environment, but additionally contains a preliminary graphical environment built on the framebuffer device, with DirectFB and SDL on top. The planned graphical environment from Syllable Desktop is not includ…

Introducing MonaOS

Filed under: Review - 06 Oct 2007

“MonaOS is a free operating system. It’s new, small, simple, open source and well structured. So, MonaOS may be suitable for education of operating system and program at school.” It’s a microkernel-based operating system, MIT-licensed, and available for IA-32.Original post by donotreply@osnews.com (…

‘Ten Ways to build increasingly Humane Open Source Software’

Filed under: Review - 06 Oct 2007

“A lot of bandwidth has been wasted arguing by the lack of usability in open-source software/free software. Some citizens say that poor usability is endemic to the entire OSS world, while others say that OSS usability is great but that the real problem is the closed-minded users who expect every pro…

The 24-carat gold MacBook Pro, with diamond studded Apple logo

Filed under: Review - 06 Oct 2007

For Apple owners, there’s one consistent event that can manufacture their shiny new device seem stupid and boring: the replacement of their specific device with a new one from Apple. Now there’s a new Apple gadget on the block that literally makes every other Apple device look stupid. A company …

Keepin’ it real fake, part LXXXVII: “Manhattan” mobile not a T-Mobile Dash

Filed under: Review - 06 Oct 2007

Although that “Manhattan” Wide Screen GSM Dual Card Mobile phone doesn’t rip-off any logos, it most certainly is increasingly than “inspired” by T-Mobile’s Dash. You probably won’t want to pick up that $224.99 model, unless you don’t intellect living without any World Wide Web access at all (it …

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$75,000 robotic Swami head would like a word with you

Filed under: Review - 06 Oct 2007

Look, we get it; that money is burning a gap in your pocket… it’s like Brewster’s Millions by at your house. Well, we’ve found just the item to match your need to blow cash like it’s going out of style. Enter the $75,000 Swami Conversational Robot head — a “cutting-edge Artificial Intelligenc…

Grasso’s new USB flash drives come adorned in wood and diamonds

Filed under: Review - 06 Oct 2007

Love USB? Love wood? Love high fashion? It’s okay whether you lied about one of those, we swear. Regardless of the level of your honesty with us (which we now believe to be lower than expected), you’ll want to get your grubby mitts all by these fancy pieces of technology / jewelry. Grasso’s cros…

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Gresso’s new USB flash drives come adorned in wood and diamonds

Filed under: Review - 06 Oct 2007

Filed under: Storage
Love USB? Love wood? Love high fashion? It’s okay whether you lied about one of those, we swear. Regardless of the level of your honesty with us (which we now believe to be lower than expected), you’ll want to get your grubby mitts all by these fancy pieces of technology / jewel…

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