Archive for the ‘Gadgets’ Category

Yeah,yeah, last time alleged screenshots of upcoming Google OS aka Chrome OS cmae out, they shook the internet for 24 hours. Only next day, person who ‘leaked’ them admitted that they were photoshoped. Now, there is another set of Chrome OS screenshots emerged. Are these real?

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From Engadget

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file0043Well, everybody is buzzing about this, I might as well.

It’s on Engadget, Digg, everywhere you look it is there - first screenshots of Google OS aka Chrome OS link

Believe it or not, but it is coming very soon. Would it kill Windows - don’t think so, but will dent it a bit for sure.

Yes, they are fake….

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That’s one fast macbook:

Cheers

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DSC_4000Two members of our team were heading oversees, Russia to be exact, for couple of weeks and it was my responsibility to come up with solution for cheaper roaming. One of them was on Telus with World Blackberry while other had personal Fido phone. Telus roams fine in Russia, but bills are outrageous. Telus charges near $5 per minute.

My challenges were:

  1. Find cost effective way to keep person with personal phone connected and eliminate need for reimbursement of personal expenses occurred on personal phone.
  2. Find cost effective way for person with Blackberry to stay connected while maintaining existing number.

The solution was… Read »

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It is now only a matter of minutes until new iPhone would be presented to the world. It is still at the rumors stage, but it is quite obvious that it is happening.

Apple is having WWDC (WordlWide Developers’ Conference) on June 8 2009 at 10:00am PST Expectations are:

  • Updated iPhone [it is 3Gs now read more at Apple's website]
  • Snow Leopard [available at $29 to existing Leopard owners in September]
  • Possible notebooks update [Apple has just released updated 15" MacBook Pro - SD card slot, new battery - same as 17" ]
  • [Apple also updated MacBook - included same longer lasting battery as 17" MBPro, SD Card Slot]

I am quite excited about release of Snow Leopard and possible speed increase of my existing iMac. But what I am eager to see is iPhone.

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Such passion to that announcement comes from the fact that my iPhone 3G which I had for almost a year, pack it last week. I am data-less and using my 3yr old Nokia 6103 with awkward typing on those numpad for text messaging and no data. I’ve tried accessing WAP browser, but it took couple of minutes to load Google page and I gave up on other.

What I am expecting from new iPhone? First thing is that will be available on Rogers/Fido networks in Canada the same time it is released in other countries. Be it immediately, next week or next month, I am waiting for it. As far as features, I was pretty happy with my existing phone. The only thing I wish Apple does change is iPhone’s back, it was too slippery. That back was the main reason my iPhone is dead now. It slipped out of my hands and fell hard on the ground. Read »

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Upon browsing my regular morning news sources, I stumbled upon video from AllThingsD of Steve Wozniak about new Microsoft’s Bing search engine. Microsoft calls it, not another search engine - a decision maker. As usually, Microsoft wants to help you by making decision for you. Read »

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aaaaaigo-oaaaaaaajvtsqAfter shooting Anthony Sedlak at Eat! Vancouver show Friday night, I’ve imported footage from my Sanyo Xacti HD1010 into iMovie 09. I was so happy that by converting .mp4 files into .mov it actually reduces size by 50%. The truth was - it only imported half of the clip.
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shapeimage_3I introduce you another concept design, this time it is Sony PlayStation Portable. Would PSP2 ever look like this? or should we wait for something like PSP10 which our kids will have in 2040?

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Ok, fine, it’s not next iPhone. It is quite nice concept of the phone, however. The whole phone is sensor display. The sensor blends in with the casing to create the one. Something like this was introduced by Nokia (Nokia Aeon) but this is something beyond that.

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I really think that once those 1mm display become less expensive and widely available, we would be able to see something like this. Below more pictures:

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Notify Corp. had it in their labs for a while, but now it starts surfacing - NotifySync.

First lets start with NotifyLink itself.

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For those who haven’t heard of Kerio mail server - take a look. It is quite nice alternative to Microsoft Exchange. It gives you pretty much same tools: email, shared address book, calendaring, public folders, you name it. What it does not have that Exchange does? huge price tag! Additonaly to that, you can buy dedicated hosting of Kerio mail with many different companies, like Inftek Hosting.

We’ve used this for a while, my iPhone connected to it, iCal with delegated and public calendars, Apple Mail (you can use Entourage as well) with public folders,  AddressBook picks up GAL. One piece that’s missing is integration with BlackBerries. Read »

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