admin @ April 30, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Windows 7 is definitely faster than Windows Vista on the same hardware (or Windows XP), but don’t expect dramatic improvements over the beta version. The release candidate certainly hasn’t slowed down (it still boots quickly), and as long as you have a WDDM 1.1 driver you can still have large numbers of windows open without [...]
admin @ April 30, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Windows 7 is definitely faster than Windows Vista on the same hardware (or Windows XP), but don’t expect dramatic improvements over the beta version. The release candidate certainly hasn’t slowed down (it still boots quickly), and as long as you have a WDDM 1.1 driver you can still have large numbers of windows open without [...]
admin @ April 29, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Dutch company Endless Ideas has just released the first pics and details of its new mini electronic reader, the BeBook Mini.
The BeBook Mini e-book has a handbag/manbag-friendly 5-inch screen (shaving an inch off the original screen size) and will be made available in black or white.
No official word on release date of the BeBook [...]
admin @ April 29, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Plucked from the shelves of Tesco, the GU37BLKSE marks the return of the once-proud German brand. And first impressions suggest that this return might be a welcome one.
It is remarkably cheap for a 37in TV, and comes closer to being stylish when compared to the other supermarket TVs.
It manages two HDMIs where our [...]
admin @ April 28, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Microsoft has released the beta of its latest social-networking website Vine.
Currently only available in the US, Vine apparently "connects you to the people and places you care about most, when it matters."
Straight off the Vine
Essentially Vine has been created to bond friends and family to their local area, so that if an emergency happens, [...]
admin @ April 28, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Google and the Authors’ Guild are giving the world’s authors and publishers at least two more months to contemplate the digital rights issues involved in the search giant’s plans to create the world’s biggest online digital library.
"Google, the US Author’s Guild and the Association of American Publishers have acceded to a two-month delay to the [...]
admin @ April 27, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Anti-theft software specialists GadgetTrak has announced its latest program that takes remote pics of laptop thieves and posts their mugshots for you (and the relevant authorities) to see on Flickr.
PC-Trak for Windows includes location-awareness from Skyhook Wireless’ Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) in addition to the aforementioned integration with Flickr.
Once you know exactly where your laptop [...]
admin @ April 27, 2009 # No Comment Yet
If you are a frequent flyer and a carrier of numerous (heavy, expensive, breakable) laptops, gadgets and kit then Live Luggage’s new self-powered hybrid PA bag could well be the solution you never knew you were always looking for.
Live Luggage’s new kit bag features a three bag zip-system, with the company suggesting that it is [...]
admin @ April 26, 2009 # No Comment Yet
In an unprecedented move, Facebook is to open up the core of its website to third-party developers.
According to the Wall Street Journal, web developers will get access to user’s feeds (if permission is given) so they can "build new services that access the photos, videos, notes and comments users upload to Facebook."
While developers can create [...]
admin @ April 26, 2009 # No Comment Yet
Introduced in Mac OS X 10.2 as a much-needed contact manager, Address Book, and the information within it, now permeates much of Mac OS X. Open a new message in Mail, for instance (go to File > New Message or use the keyboard shortcut Cmd+[N]), and there, in the toolbar, is the Address Book icon. [...]