The guy seems to believe that the truth is out there. In an interview with the Financial Times earlier this month, Schmidt predicted that a kind of “truth predictor” software would, within five years, “hold politicians to account“. People would be able to use programs to check seemingly factual statements against historical data to see… Read More »
Apparently, detractors aren’t too impressed by Microsoft’s latest foray into the hardware business. An article at Playfuls.com made out the case why the so-called “iPod killer” might lose the battle with its nemesis. Some analysts also believe that Zune may alienate partners like Creative, iRiver, Samsung and Sony. URGE users, in particular, must surely feel… Read More »
Lately, I have been looking for information on universal remote control (contemplating buying one to replace the faulty remote control for the air conditioner) and guess what I found? An article on Engadget on how to turn an iPod into a universal infrared remote control. It’s interesting, but sometimes I wonder why people go to… Read More »
Amid concerns about the security risks posed by travellers who bring their laptops into aircrafts, Dell has struck a further blow to the product’s safety credentials by issuing a recall of 4.1 million Lithium-ion laptop batteries after a series of public reports of its laptops catching fire. According to The Economist, such batteries have been… Read More »
HP recently launched the HP Pavilion dv2000 series and Compaq Presario v3000 series of entertainment notebook PCs in the Philippines. During the launch event at Temple Bar and Restaurant, Greenbelt 2, Makati City, spokespersons for HP took pains to highlight the design aesthetics of the new laptops. For instance, the new models are the first… Read More »
Trust the Japanese to come up with useless inventions like this. After his iPod was crushed in the sardines-packed commuter train, an enterprising guy who lives in the Kanto region in Japan decided to assemble a veritable vault milled from solid aluminium to protect his new iPod Photo from a similar fate. The unnamed modder… Read More »