admin @ November 14, 2008 # No Comment Yet
More than just a browser developer, Netscape was once synonymous with the web. Go to netscape.com now, though, and you’re quietly redirected to AOL’s front page.
There’s not a single crumb of the old brand left, just a double portion of bland portal pie.
What a terrible waste. Netscape - more than any brand or browser - [...]
admin @ November 12, 2008 # No Comment Yet
A new device from Novus, called the Mini-Coyote, will help other drivers to find out where the police are hiding with a speed gun as it lets you press a button to update a database of mobile cameras.
The dashboard device works by ‘linking’ drivers together through the centralised GPS-based database, so if you’re around 300 [...]
admin @ November 9, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Don’t be fooled by the simple exterior: a Network Attached Storage (NAS) drive is more than just a hard drive connected to your network for ease of access.
Depending on your budget, you can share media files directly from the drive, set up BitTorrent connections independent of your PC and expand your NAS drive further [...]
admin @ October 15, 2008 # No Comment Yet
At Macworld in January, Apple CEO Steve Jobs trumpeted the arrival of Digital Copy: legit iPod-friendly versions of the movies you buy on DVD, that save you the hassle of being hounded by Hollywood’s copyright cops. But then not very much happened, in the UK anyway.
20th Century Fox was the first Hollywood studio to support [...]
admin @ September 27, 2008 # No Comment Yet
MacFormat magazine has reached its 200th issue and to celebrate, they’ve published 200 unmissable Mac tips. Here are 20 that caught our eye. For the full 200, pick up a copy of MacFormat in your local newsagent’s - on sale now.
СЕКРЕТУТКА. Disk Utility
Disk Utility, located in the Applications > Utilities folder, is more versatile [...]
admin @ September 20, 2008 # No Comment Yet
Haiku is a free operating system and an alternative to Linux. It celebrated its seventh birthday on 18 August, and it’s still being actively developed. Haiku is nowhere near being considered a finished product, but it’s now stable enough for everyday use. Most importantly, it’s very interesting. The design of Haiku closely mimics that of [...]
admin @ September 7, 2008 # No Comment Yet
After fronting Google’s surprise launch of Chrome with his explanatory comic book earlier this week, TechRadar grabs an exclusive chat with Zot!, Destroy!!! and Understanding Comics creator Scott McCloud about his work with Google, his life in comics and his plans and aspirations for the future.
When did Google first approach you to do the comic [...]
admin @ July 10, 2008 # No Comment Yet
LG’s XNOTE P300—if you discount the faux-tiger stripes, that is—is a 13.3-inch notebook with all sorts of lovely features, including an LED-backlit screen. Specs and sex(y ladies) below.
1280 x 800 resolution
Core 2 Duo CPU (2.4 GHz) T7500
2GB RAM
GeForce 8600M video card with 256MB VRAM
1.3-megapixel camera
WWAN
HDMI
1.6 kg
Price is around $2,785 — or its Korean equivalent.
admin @ May 14, 2008 # One Comment
While laptops are often looked at as being solely designed for portability, this can sometimes be far from the truth. With many laptops striving for performance to match larger desktop PCs, battery life can often take a backseat in the pursuit of raw power.
Thankfully, it’s still possible to find a great combination of performance and [...]
admin @ April 26, 2008 # No Comment Yet
If you are aren’t a fan of moving parts, then the new Toshiba Portégé R500 12Q could be the laptop for you – boasting a huge 128GB solid state drive.
Although solid state hard drives have become an increasingly popular choice in the laptop market – not least because of their increased reliability when being moved [...]