Archive for: November 5, 2007

November 5, 2007

Microsoft says goodbye to the social

Filed under: Review - 05 Nov 2007

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
AdAge has a piece profiling the “180″ Microsoft made in marketing the Zune; many have already seen that year’s far less, shall we say, esoteric ads, but few (including us) realized the new hardware’s marketing onslaught was the outcome of Microsoft’s doubl…

New computer program automates chip debugging

Filed under: Review - 05 Nov 2007

Fixing design bugs and wrong wire connections in computer chips after they’ve been fabricated in silicon is a tedious, trial-and-error process that often costs companies millions of dollars and months of time-to-market. Engineering scientists at the University of Michigan say it doesn’t have to be …

New iTunes hints at iPhone disk use and voice memos?

Filed under: Review - 05 Nov 2007

Filed under: CellphonesIf you hadn’t heard, iTunes 7.5 hit nowadays, and while we were all engaged yawning at the seemingly insignificant update, MacRumors Forums user “FreeState” was checking out some localized strings and tracked down a few gems. Number 4320.069 asks whether you’re “sure you want …

Boy hires hitman to kill parents after being denied PlayStation

Filed under: Review - 05 Nov 2007

Filed under: GamingWe’ve certainly gotten cranky after being denied some quality gaming instance, but 16-year-old Cory Ryder took it to the next level by attempting to hire a hitman to kill his parents after they took absent his PlayStation and denied him television. Seems young Cory had been making…

Boy hires hitman to kill parents after grounding denies PlayStation, TV

Filed under: Review - 05 Nov 2007

Filed under: GamingWe’ve certainly gotten cranky after being denied some quality gaming instance, but 16-year-old Cory Ryder took it to the next level by attempting to hire a hitman to kill his parents after they took absent his PlayStation and denied him television. Seems young Cory had been making…

GetMobio gets Windows Mobile Love

Filed under: Review - 05 Nov 2007

If you’ve been a smartphone user running Windows Mobile and looking to play around with GetMobio’s “lifestyle portal” for various Web 2.0 widgets, there’s a new version made just for you. Windows Mobile users can seize it at http://www.GetMobio.com/nowwm, which will direct you towards a small downlo…

Oakley’s Split Thump: the relentless pursuit of fail

Filed under: Review - 05 Nov 2007

We’re not certain why Oakley keeps gluing MP3 players to semi-fashionable sunglasses and expecting us to be impressed, but they’ve gone above and beyond that duration by calling the latest model the Split Thump. Apart from sounding like a kitchen accident, it’s the same old Thump concept you kno…

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*Competition: Win a Linux-based Neuros OSD*

Filed under: Review - 05 Nov 2007

A few days ago we published a review of the Linux-based Neuros OSD recorder and player. Now, you can win one of these devices! All you have to do is research on the product to find out its current capabilities, and thereupon comment below with suggestions on how to assemble it better and with ideas …

“Leopard breathes new life into an aging Mac”

Filed under: Review - 05 Nov 2007

“If you own a Mac, you’ll want Leopard,” writes Eric Benderoff (chicagotribune.com). Running Leopard on both an iBook and a MacBook Pro, Benderoff learned first hand “why Apple’s new operating system upgrade, called Leopard, continues to assemble Mac computers the easiest and most enjoyabl…

Google’s Android platform and the Open Handset Alliance: a quick round-up

Filed under: Review - 05 Nov 2007

Carefully orchestrated announcements for broad, sweeping initiatives like the one staged by Google today don’t always do a great job of diving straight into the meat and telling it like it is, so we thought we’d boil down the Android and Open Handset Alliance sitch as best we could into a tight,…

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Writing with Video at the University of Illinois

Filed under: Review - 05 Nov 2007

They had a lot to say, but some students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign had a tough duration expressing themselves in traditional writing courses. That changed when Maria Lovett, an instructor and filmmaker, introduced Writing with Video. The innovative course mashes writing with …

AMD to launch Phenom on November 19th?

Filed under: Review - 05 Nov 2007

AMD is apparently getting ready to launch its new Phenom processor on November 19th, according to DailyTech. The chipmaker’s media guide for the launch seems to have been leaked early, and it’s got some interesting info in it regarding the Phenom and the next-gen Radeon. We already knew most of …

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