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Samsung CX305T: Sexy 30-inch LCD

Saturday, November 25, 2006

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About time Samsung gets into the 30-inch LCD race. The new CX305T sports a 2560×1600 resolution, 1000:1 contrast ratio, 400cd/m2 brightness, and a fast 6ms response time. The screen is expected to be priced at around US$1,650, which is cheaper than the Apple 30-inch Cinema Display, but more costly than the Dell 3007WFP. Release date [...]

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Move IE7’s Menubar Back To The Top

Thursday, November 16, 2006

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Using IE7? Hate that Menubar that is sticking out below your location bar and you can’t seem to move it? Well…switch to Firefox! Ha…or simply apply this IE7 registry hack: If IE is opened, close it before doing anything Start your registry editor (Start -> Run, type regedit in the run field and press OK) Browse to HKEY_CURRENT_USER \ Software [...]

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Getting Xbox 360’s HD-DVD Drive To Work On PC

Tuesday, November 14, 2006

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Surprise surprise, who knew that Xbox 360’s HD-DVD drive could be used with a PC. Thanks to Dan from UNEASYsilence for discovering this little secret. The steps to getting it work involve plugging in the drive via USB (doh!), installing these drivers, and getting hold of a special version of Intervideos WinDVD 8 that is able [...]

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Apple “Get A Mac” Ads in Japanese

Monday, November 13, 2006

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Nickname The Apple’s “Get A Mac” advertisements are so well-received that Apple has decided to make Japanese versions of them. Here are the three that they are starting with, titled ‘Nickname’, ‘Virus’ and ‘iLife’. Two more videos below. Alternatively, visit Apple’s website for higher resolution videos (takes longer to download of course!). Virus iLife

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Vista’s Gone Gold

Thursday, November 9, 2006

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Microsoft has just confirmed today that Vista’s official release date of November 30, 2006 for businesses and January 30, 2007 for consumers will be available on time. Vista, is “rock solid and ready to ship,” according to co-president of Microsoft’s platforms and services division. “In my opinion, it is the most secure system that is available [...]

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Microsoft Lifts Vista’s Licensing Restriction

Friday, November 3, 2006

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Ahhh…how nice of them. As most of you might know, the previous terms was that each copy of Vista will only be allowed to be activated twice. This makes it impossible to change your computer twice without rendering your copy of Vista useless. Today, to the delight of everyone, Microsoft has decided to lift the restriction. [...]

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Windows Vista Gets Official Release Date

Thursday, November 2, 2006

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November 30, 2006 for business customers. January 30, 2007 for the rest of us consumers. After five long years, we are finally closing in on Microsoft’ next big OS update. Will it be as big deal as they made it up to be? Or will it be nothing but fancy eye candy versus Windows XP? Time [...]

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Core 2 Duo MacBook Pro Unboxed

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

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Now that the new Core 2 Duo MacBook Pros are out, my good buddy Eugene’s wait is finally over. In fact, he has already gotten his hands on one! I bet right now, he is giggling like a little girl while setting up the MacBook Pro. More photos below. Thanks, Eugene, for sharing your little unboxing [...]

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Dell Announces Affordable 20-inch LCD Monitor

Monday, October 16, 2006

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Finally, a widescreen from Dell that does not hurt your wallet too much. The new Dell E207WFP is a 20-incher with 1,680 x 1,050 widescreen resolution, a 5ms response time and most importantly, a rock-bottom price tag of US$289. The LCD supposedly does not come with USB hub, composite ports and S-Video ports. And it should [...]

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Innocent-looking Puppy Webcam

Monday, October 9, 2006

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What you do with the Puppy Webcam is up to your own creativity. Just make sure you hide its USB “tail” with care. Support for Windows only and it has 1.3-megapixel of interpolated resolution. Not that great but hey, I’m sure it’s worth the €22.95 (~US$29) for a certain group of people.

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