Archive for April, 2011

More recent models of the MacBook Air apparently use Samsung’s 470-series drives. It is much faster than the previous Toshiba X-Gale SSD, which runs 261MB per second and 210MB per second in sustained reads and writes, respectively, while the 128GB Samsung storage runs about 210MB per second and 176MB per second. More »


Hey, do you remember those golden days back yonder where things like the iPod and snazzy voice recorders didn’t exist and all you had to record on were those dingy little cassette tapes? You know, those tapes where you had to take the tape out and flip it to the other side to listen to Side B? Oh and you could record your voice and listen to yourself speak? Well, hold on tight to them because Thanko has made an exciting announcement! More »


According to USA Today, Apple will be the first company to hit one trillion dollars. They say that the company are capable of doing so in the next three years. They came up with the figure, based on its five year geometric mean average increase of 59% a year. More »


Thanko has come up with a new laptop cooler and it’s a two-in-one! Not only does it keep the temperature of your laptop steady it also serves as a desk. It’s not a very tall one as it reaches a 2″ but it shouldn’t matter because those who’re wanting this contraption are probably lazy to sit up straight at an actual desk to work on their laptop. More »


Washington D.C.-based musical duo Bluebrain has created the world’s first location-aware music album, ‘The National Mall.’ This unique album comes as an iPhone app that dictates what song it plays based on your location, which is tracked by your phone’s GPS. More »


How about both? This new CandyShell Card iPhone case from Speck enables you to combine your wallet with your iPhone case so that you don’t need to carry as much in your pockets. More »


Several popular applications are owned by UberMedia that interface with Twitter, and the owners are now outlining plans to build a social network that would challenge the online social networking and microblogging platform. More »


A mysterious supported Apple Device called ‘ix.Mac.MarketingName‘ has recently shown up in the iTunes Store, but it seems to be just a glitch for now. More »


10 notebooks and the ESPRIMO EH300 that feature the 2nd generation Intel Core processor and AMD Fusion Brazos platform were recently launched in PC Asia Pacific’s Fujitsu Spring 2011 line-up. More »


From Wirebot: So the “Wii 2” (for a lack of a better successor name) has picked up momentum in the rumour mill. Does it exist? If so, then is it going to be another white box that seems to be indestructible? Not a lot of word has gotten out about the Wii 2– just rumours and hearsay. Though it seems that Nintendo may reveal more in the coming months.

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The White House has recently unveiled plans of the new National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC). The participation on this internet ID program will be voluntary and there will be various private sector companies who will verify your ID to provide you with secure online credentials. More »


Everyday internet users in New Zealand will now have to prove they are innocent if accused of piracy through the latest online piracy law. Bare in mind the fact that ot’s without benefit of legal counsel. More »


Today’s unique USB, courtesy of wacky_tomboy, features a PEZ Candy USB Drive! Remember Charlie Brown and his gang? (Oh wow, I just got an image of street gangsters in my head.) PEZ Candy has made many characters into candy dispensers before, but it’s even more creative the fact that some person out there decided to turn a Snoopy PEZ into a USB drive! More »


Last Thursday, electronics giant Best Buy developed a new long-term strategy to improve the business overall. The main aspect of that strategy, is to place the company’s focus on the mobile market. More »


Shop smarter with this RedLaser app! RedLaser uses state-of-the barcode recognition that can virtually read any type of barcode in existence. It reads the barcode you scan in and then it searches for low online and local prices from thousands of retailers on the net. It features products results from various marketplace such as eBay, Milo.com and Half.com etc. What more is that you can even send scanned products via email through your friends! More »


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