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Acer slam Microsoft
The head of Taiwan-based personal computer maker Acer, Gianfranco Lanci, slam Microsoft for its not up to standard Vista Operating System.
Personally I couldn’t agree more, “I really don’t think that someone has bought a new PC specifically for Vista,” he added. I bought an Acer Aspire laptop and I choose Windows Xp instead of Vista because of stability and software compatibility. Anyway, mine is a laptop and since Vista drains battery at 40% faster than XP, I see no reason for me to choose Vista, it defeats the idea of having a portable computer anyway.
Read more - The Age
Western Digital Energy Saving Hard Disk
Finally, Western Digital is leading the hard disk industry in bring out energy saving hard disk, according to source, The GreenPower family will ship in capacities from 320 Gbytes to 1 terabyte and will use 40% less energy than other similar products.
The GreenPower drives only consume about 8.5 watts compare to Hitachi’s 13.5 watts, currently it is only available in 3.5 inch format, if Western Digital has the ability to further reduce the energy consumption and comes in a 2.5 inch format for the laptop, they have a winner.
Source: ARS
Panasonic unleashes Lumix FX33, FX55, and FZ18
You can’t go wrong with Panasonic, it appears that Panasonic has just release three brand new cameras - DMC FZ18K, DMC-FX33 and DMC-FX55. I own a Panasonic FZ20, which is a pretty old model but it is rock solid in term of performance, what makes Panasonic unique compare to other digital cameras such as Sony, Nikon and Canon are:
Kelvin Ham - The man that owns the internet
Kelvin Ham, some say he owns the internet while others says his fortune are ill gotten. Educated as a family doctor, he switch his profession from a doctor to a domain estate agent after discovering the richness of the world wide web in year 2000, according to source, he owns as many as 300,000 domain names and combine with that with some online advertising, he generates an estimate USD70 million a year - mind you, its a one man show.
CNN has a comprehensive article on the domain estate topic, you’ll be amaze by how rich these people are - read The man who owns the Internet.
Windows Vista Service Pack 1
Its official now, Windows Service Pack 1 is on the way, and according to Microsoft they might launch the service pack 1 anytime soon, presumably this august.
Windows Vista user, take note that SP1 would be launch in beta mode, not highly recommended for end user. On the other hand, Microsoft has announce the on going project on the next generation Windows, code name Windows 7 and it will be available in 3 years time, not word yet if it is a complete build up from scratch or a band aid solution, we do know that Windows XP and Vista are coded from ground up which explain the time frame needed to complete the project.
OLPC laptop used by child to surf porn
According to engadget, it appears that some kids used the OLPC laptop given by the government to surf porn, it really makes me wonder why did they not come up with the idea of installing some kind of internet filter in the first place?
Anyway, I like the noble idea on given ever child a laptop somehow I think they’ve taken it a little bit further, why can’t they just set up an internet cafe providing free internet access or unlimited computer access to these kids, it would be cheaper in the long run.
Apple Mac Sales Up
It appears that Apple’s grand plan to reconquer the world of computers is gaining ground, Steve Jobs and Apple may have lost the war but not the battle.With the introduction of iPod and the recently launch iPhone, and not to mention the use of intel processor, things are really looking good for Apple.
According to source, Apple shipped 960,000 computers during the three month period, up 26.2% from the same quarter, currently Apple is the number 4 biggest computer vendor in term of volume in the United States alone.
Read More - Business 2.0
Bad Advertisement Placement
I am Bored has a nice collection of bad advertisement placement, some are really hilarious, while others like the Pope John is really an unfortunate coincident. Visit IamBoredr for the entire collection.
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