Archive for November, 2009

Laminar Flow To Cool Laptops And Legs

Intel wants your legs to be cooled when you use a laptop.  A laptop can get really hot when you let it sits on you for quite some time.  Bad designed laptops end up be really hot quite quickly, and if you touch these, you think you are touching the hot part of the stoves; [...]

Hardware

Jolicloud, An Internet Operating System

The people who are having an interest in Chrome OS may like Jolicloud.  Jolicloud is a brand new operating system that is still in a beta stage.  You need an invitation in order for you to test drive Jolicloud.  Just like Chrome OS, Jolicloud relies on the Internet (cloud) for storage.  It will be super [...]

Software

HP Pavilion P6210Y

Black Friday came, and it was time for me to shop for a new PC.  Yep, you heard me right, a PC and not a laptop.  I have quite a few laptops, but my old PC was decommissioned two years back; I figured that I need a new PC that should be affordable and with [...]

Hardware

Jimmy Wales Says Wikipedia’s New Volunteer Editors Replace Leaving Volunteer Editors In Healthy Number

Maybe I had jumped on the gun too quickly, because new information just came out from a Wikipedia’s insider (co-founder of Wikipedia), Jimmy Wales, says that the number of volunteer editors that have been leaving Wikipedia is quickly replacing by the number of new volunteer editors.  He also argues that Wikipedia is still very strong, [...]

Internet, Publishing Tech

Fring When You Need To See Someone On The Other Side Of A Mobile Phone

Video and VOIP altogether through Fring is something new to me, and I have not tested the product, mind me if I’m saying product, because it’s FREE to use by all.  It seems Fring is available on not one but many mobile devices.  I don’t know much about Fring yet, but it looks very interesting, [...]

Mobile

Thousands, If Not Hundred Of Thousands, Volunteer Editors Leaving Wikipedia

Very good accuracy on most topics, freely edit by volunteers, are what make Wikipedia unique and powerful.  Instead of paying for encyclopedia like we have done in the past, nowadays we visit Wikipedia for all factual things.  Lately, Wikipedia is suffering as thousands, if not hundred of thousands, volunteer editors are leaving the website.  With [...]

Internet, Publishing Tech

Rupert Murdoch Wants You Pay, Sky News Interview

Mr. Rupert Murdoch knows a lot of things about the news business, but lately, things aren’t going his way.  He’s arguing that a lot of people are stolen news contents from news websites, from his and others.  As of now, he is going through legal route to make his point, and Google is one of [...]

Internet

Racially Offensive Monkey-Like Image Of The First Lady Appears In Google Search

Political hackers know how to hack Google’s search algorithm by manipulating search results to allow a monkey-like picture of First Lady, Michelle Obama, to appear when someone types in Google’s search box with “Michelle Obama.”  Technology is what being used nowadays for launching an attack on an individual is not new, not even a bit.  [...]

Anything Goes, Google, Internet

Italy Wants Google’s Execs Jailed

Italy is all mad because someone post a video onto Google’s video service, and the video was largely view as very offensive to the Italian people; although Google has complied by removing the video, Italy instead of going after a video creator, the country is going after Google’s two executives.  The prosecutors of Italy want [...]

Internet

Sony’s PlayStation Network Adds Subscription Level In Addition To Its Current Free Level

By skimming through an article at first, I thought PS3 Network will no longer allow you to play multiplayer games over its network for free, because it’s now.  Don’t worry if you have thought like that, because Sony is only add an additional premium level over current free level.  It’s not clear that what will [...]

Video Games