18 Jul, 2008
by Donald Melanson, posted Jul 18th 2008 at 1:02PM It looks like there’s been a couple of developments on the entirely unofficial Wii activities front in the past few days, including one that seemingly delivers as promised and one that remains a bit of a mystery. That former item comes courtesy of Waninkoko, who has released what is purported to be the “first custom firmware for the Wii,” which apparently allows writable DVDs to be read in emulators. (Read the full post about ‘Wii gets custom firmware, purported PSP emulator’…)
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18 Jul, 2008
According to Gene Munster from Pipe Jaffray, the iphone 3G is estimated to be in short supply until mid-August. Munster said that he’ll wager “we’ll see problems for another two to four weeks,” adding, “early demand has been more than [Apple] expected and checking with Apple’s own supply tool, it can be seen that Apple is quickly running out of units to put on their shelves with the hardest model to find being the black 16GB version. Tags: lcd, MP3, hi fi, cellphone (Read the full post about ‘iPhone 3G in short supply-could last a month’…)
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18 Jul, 2008
Digital Foci has announced its new and upgraded Photo Safe II. This portable digital photo storage now either comes in 80GB or 160GB storage capacity and a built-in memory card reader that supports practically all card formats including CF Extreme III, IV, UDMA, MMC, SD/HC card, miniSD, Memory Stick, MS PRO, MS Duo, MS PRO Duo, and xD-Picture card. The Photo Safe II card slot also offers rubber covers for added protection from dust. In addition to the increased storage and wide range of memory card support, it also has a nifty “Auto Copy” button which copies all the content of a memory card, including all file formats (RAW images and videos) without changing their file name and file structure. (Read the full post about ‘Digital Foci intro’s the ultra-portable Photo Safe II’…)
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18 Jul, 2008
Oakland is building a stadium for A’s that will be known as Cisco Field, and the builders are considering adding an interesting feature to every seat: interactive touchscreens. The purpose of these screens is to provide information to the spectators. For example, spectators can access player stats on whoever is up at bat, or in the field. They can also call up driving routes out of the park, so that once the game is over, they can find the fastest route home. It also has some great real-time information and services, as it can figure out where the shortest bathroom lines are. And if you want a hot dog or a cold drink, just order it up, and the refreshment man will personally come to your seat with your order. (Read the full post about ‘Touchscreens at Oakland A’s Stadium’…)
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18 Jul, 2008
I love playing Mob Wars on Facebook because it’s one of those pointless games that you just can’t help but play every day at work 
So here are my Facebook Mob Wars tips trick and cheats
First you should try to gain experience. Basically when you start playing Mob Wars on Facebook try to do jobs only in order to gain experience and make money.
Invite all of your friends to join your mob. Make sure you invite the maxium amount of people per day because the more people you invite the more money you will get.
Just do the jobs and let your energy regenerate and keep doing jobs.
(Read the full post about ‘Mob Wars - Facebook Game Tips’…)
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18 Jul, 2008
Mobile banking is slowly catching up as mobile carriers continue to integrate this technology in their system. Today, Verizon Wireless has announced that it is extending its mobile banking solutions to their customers who use a BlackBerry Curve 8330, BlackBerry Pearl 8130 or a BlackBerry 8830 World Edition smartphone. Too bad I don’t own any of these devices! These lucky guys and gals can easily use their blackberry devices to pay bills, check transactions, monitor account balances and transfer payments. A very convenient way indeed if you ask me, particularly if you’re always on the go. However, I know that not all share the same sentiment. (Read the full post about ‘Verizon Wireless opens mobile banking for BlackBerry customers’…)
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18 Jul, 2008
HP have decided to cater for those businesses that need either a new data center, or an expansion very quickly with the introduction of the POD. POD stands for Performance Optimized Data Center and basically offers a complete data center contained within a shipping container. HP says it can deliver a POD in just 6 weeks hoping to catch the market where businesses need some extra capacity for a while, need to fill a shortfall or just want something that is actually mobile. In terms of performance, a POD has 2 basic configurations offering either 3,500 computer nodes for increased processing, or 12,000 hard drives for extra storage capacity. A combination of these may also be configured in a single POD. (Read the full post about ‘HP puts data center in a POD’…)
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18 Jul, 2008
Making any type of backup of your data is always a good idea. Those who have experienced the fun associated with a hard drive crash or stolen computer know all too well the feeling of complete helplessness when they realize their most important financial records, cherished videos, pictures or music are gone. External hard drives have become a popular option by many people when it comes to a backup solution. Unfortunately, external drives can also be stolen or lost during a disaster, especially if they are co-located in the same office or home as the primary hard drive. What is needed is an online backup solution to supplement the offline one. That’s exactly what Iomega is now offering in a single product. (Read the full post about ‘Iomega offers online and offline backup in one product’…)
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18 Jul, 2008
Visionman really knows the name of the game when it comes to gaming notebooks. It just released a powerful and wickedly fast gaming machine with an ultra-cool name, the Widow Double Nine. This portable gaming machine boasts of a NVIDIA GeForce 9800M video chipset supported by a whooping 4GB-8GB of RAM and Intel’s quad-core 9000-series processor rated at 2.66GHz. These specs are further complemented by a 17-inch, 1680×1050 WSGA+ resolution LCD display with a option to hook up a secondary display. (Read the full post about ‘Visionman releases the wickedly fast Widow Double Nine gaming notebook’…)
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18 Jul, 2008
Korean based GPS manufacturer, Thinkware, recently unveiled their high-end 7-inch GPS called the iNAVI ES100+. Interesting model name, to say the least. The iNAVI ES100+ is a GPS based from the iNAVI ES100, and this one comes with a few extra features to make it better than the last. Basically, it comes with an aforementioned 7-inch touch screen, runs on a 700MHz CPU, 900mAH batteries and built-in rear view camera. It is encased in a metallic silver color, and a brown color and the LED lights are displayed in royal blue. Additionally, it comes with a DMB receiver with Dynamic Picture-In-Picture, and something called TPEG which basically gives real time traffic updates. (Read the full post about ‘Thinkware announces the 7-inch iNAVI ES100+ GPS’…)
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