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How to justify an iPad
Jun 20th
As a normal person with no tech relating business that brings any monetary profit but at the same time loving all that is related to technology I sometimes have the urge to buy all the new and shiny gadgets that the tech world is releasing. The only issue is, beside the fact that I get to play with the new gadgets there is no other way to justify why I buy them because as far as necessity goes, I don’t need them. I think this is the real situation of most people that love gadgets so I will try to see how can I justify an iPad for myself and hopefully help others in their decision as well, or maybe just confuse others as well as myself.
What does the iPad do?
It does all the things that an iPhone or Android phone can do without being a phone, you can surf the net, watch YouTube, read newspapers and books, play games, listen to music and some basic text editing and lets not forget chatting. The only difference is that it has a 9″ screen that of course comes along with bigger keyboard area to type on.
How can i benefit from it?
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New iPhone 4
Jun 7th
Today Steve Jobs announced the new generation of iPhone on the Apple WWDC keynote. We will review in short what are the main characteristics as presented. First of all the design, in this area nothing new since it is the same device as the one presented on Gizmodo back in April, black glass and stainless steel rim using a micro SIM tray. Hardware wise it has an Apple A4 chip inside just like the iPad, and it will come in sizes up to 32GB with 802.11n Wi-Fi wireless networking. Battery life should be 40% longer for talk time, 7 hours of 3G talk, 6 hours of 3G browsing, 10 hours of Wi-Fi browsing, 10 hours of video, 40 hours of music and 300 hours of standby.
What is amazing is the new display with 960×640 pixels and the Retina Display increasing the pixel density (retina display has 326 pixels per inch) , contrast ratio 800 to 1 on a 3.5 inch display. It also has a new camera system with 5 megapixel at 5x digital zoom and LED flash adding 720p HD video recording at 30 frames per second. For this feature they created the iMovie application that will be More >
Offline Virtual Machines Servicing Tool
Apr 19th
Microsoft has released the Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2.1, a very useful maintenance tool for IT Pro’s which gives them the possibility to update offline Virtual Machines. This tool is suppose to help organizations maintain virtual machines that are stored offline in a Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager library. While stored, virtual machines do not receive operating system updates which expose them to great risk. Important updates provide significant benefits, such as improved security and reliability and for that, The Offline Virtual Machine Servicing Tool 2.1 provides a way to keep offline Virtual Machines up to date so that bringing them online does not introduce vulnerabilities into the organization’s IT infrastructure.
The update process is pretty much simple, the IT’s don’t need to do anything because Windows Workflow programming model together with the Windows PowerShell™ interface will do all. Together they bring groups of virtual machines online just long enough for them to receive updates from either System Center Configuration Manager 2007 or Windows Server Update Services aka WSUS. Once the virtual machines are updated, the tool returns them to the offline state in the Virtual Machine Manager library.
For the official overview, system requirements, installation instructions and More >
Connect your PS3 to your Mac
Mar 7th
An easy and convenient way to Stream from you Mac to the PS3 is MediaLink. It was developed by Nullriver and it cost 20$ for downloading it. You can of course download it for free and try it out but after 30 minutes is disconnected from the system and you have to reconnect it. The price is not high for the multitude of media you can stream and using it for the last 2 months I have never lost connection with the PS3. The supported formats are: MP3, AAC, WMA, WAV ; MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, H.264, DIVX, XVID, AVI, WMV, ASF, MOV, MKV, FLV; JPEG, PNG, GIF, TIFF, BMP, RAW, PDF, PS, EPS, TGA.
It support your iTunes music, iPhoto, Aperture and what is a plus you can add any folder you want from the Mac. The software is constantly undergoing updates, getting better and better and offering more stability, more format support.
PS3 to be used by U.S. Air Force Army
Feb 12th
According to InformationWeek the Air Force is looking into expanding their supercomputer by purchasing 2200 PS3 consoles. They are using the PS3 cluster for high definition video processing. The USAF have purchased PS3 systems before, in 2008 and it seams they are satisfied with Sony’s Cell processor. Now if only Sony could make this Modern Warfare 2 issue (crashing) to disappear.
PS3-Facebook integration
Feb 9th
Playstation 3 has introduced Facebook with their latest software update, 3.10. The functionality is limited right now for publishing your Trophies or the purchases you made in PS Store.For the update click here. Later on will probably offer more options, posting pictures and status updates, but we will have to wait for Sony to roll out the following updates.
Wi-fi Ready Bravia’s
Feb 5th
Sony introduced on the market a series of Wi-fi Ready Bravia models that work with USB WI-FI adapter or USB Dongle. In USA the WI-FI Ready models are shipped with USB Dongle included, and after the information from the support page it is a Linksys product and not Sony. In Europe these Wi-fi Ready models don’t come with the USB Dongle included, you can use any DLNA certified WiFi adapter or modem with the TV. You can also buy USB Wireless LAN adapter from Sony, model name: UWA-BR100 If you have problem with the Wi-fi adapters or USB Dongles let us know in the comment field.
TweetDeck (version 0.32.1)
Feb 5th
TweetDeck just rolled out the latest update for the application and I’m loving it. I have used TweetDeck since the first time I started to really enjoy tweeting and to understand how it works. With the new updates the Re-tweet function is something that I can actually enjoy, works faster and also offers the option to edit. Re-tweet is also one of the new features, next to Geolocation and the possibility to use LinkedIn. The interface has changed, looks more shiny and the way to access the Settings has changed a bit, easy to get used with it.
For those of you, who don’t know what TweetDeck is and how it works, the best way to know more about it is just to Download and try it out, it lets you ad Facebook as well and works both on Mac and Windows.
Google Search is changing
Jan 23rd
It seems that finally we will see some change in Google Search, something new and colorful. Don’t think this is the final look of it, but at least we can get a taste of how it’s going to look and the new feel to it. What I could see till now I like. If you want to try it out, click on the following link where you will find a javascript that you need to paste in to your URL and hit Enter or Return http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-11-25-n78.html
Make sure you are logged out from your Gmail account, if you have one, open a new page and paste the code. After you hit Enter type in google.com and hit Enter and you should see the new Google Search.
Funny and lame Facebook posts
Jan 23rd
I have discovered this page today and I’m hooked. It’s the funniest page I have visited recently. What can you find there? All the stupid, lame posts and pictures that people put on their Facebook account. Just give 5 minutes of your time and read it, you will be amazed, or maybe not, at the things some people post just to be noticed, or from pure ignorance. You can also submit lame and funny findings of your own to the page.
