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Acer slam Microsoft

July 25, 2007 · Filed Under Silicon Valley · Comment 

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

July 24, 2007 · Filed Under Computer Gadgets & Hardware · Comment 

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

July 24, 2007 · Filed Under Computer Gadgets & Hardware · Comment 

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:

  • LEICA DC lens
  • Super Long Zoom
  • Optical Image Stabalizer, other company uses Digital Image Stabalizer, the difference is the digital image stabalizer uses software to sharpen the image after capturing it while Optical Image Stabalizer uses the lens to focus on the object and preventing blurness, it is better to prevent than cure right?

    • Kelvin Ham - The man that owns the internet

    July 23, 2007 · Filed Under Silicon Valley · Comment 

    Kelvin Ham - The man that owns the internetKelvin 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.

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