Monday, August 1, 2011
PlayStation Vita out in October, says Blockbuster UK flyer
Congressional leaders reach agreement to raise the debt ceiling
The announcement arrives after months of intense closed-door negotiations, and just two days before the deadline set by the Treasury Department.
According to the details available, the agreement would slow the growth of government spending over the next decade by $2-$3 trillion and allow enough borrowing to put off another vote to raise the ceiling to 2013. About $1 trillion will be cut immediately, and the details of the remaining spending reductions will be handled by a bipartisan committee of 12 lawmakers from both chambers, who will recommend cuts for Congress to vote on. To appease the GOP's conservative wing, the deal would also require a vote in both chambers on an amendment to the Constitution requiring the federal government to balance its budget each year.
"I want to announce that the leaders of both parties, in both chambers, have reached an agreement that will reduce the deficit and avoid default--a default that would have had a devastating effect on our economy," Obama said. "Now, is this the deal I would have preferred? No. . . . But this compromise does make a serious down payment on the deficit reduction we need, and gives each party a strong incentive to get a balanced plan done before the end of the year."
House Speaker John Boehner held a conference call Sunday evening with House Republicans in which he urged them to support the package, declaring that the deal in place "meets our principles of smaller government."
"There is a framework in place that would cut spending by a larger amount than we raise the debt limit, and cap future spending to limit the growth of government," he said, according to a transcript provided by Boehner's office. "Now listen, this isn't the greatest deal in the world. But it shows how much we've changed the terms of the debate in this town."
With the approval of leaders of the House and Senate, and Tuesday's deadline looming, Congress must act quickly to convince enough members to seal the deal with a vote on Monday. The deal will require bipartisan support due to the opposition within factions of both parties.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Majority Leader Harry Reid will both present the deal to their caucus Monday at 11 a.m. with a vote expected afterward.
HTC: Apple lawsuit not cause for concern
Apple is seeking to stop sales of HTC phones and tablets it feels infringe on its patents, and is likely seeking royalties on each relevant device sold in the future.
However, despite stating it is willing to meet with Apple to thrash out the problems within the suit, HTC CEO Peter Chou still maintains the Taiwanese firm is merely a victim of its own success.
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"Many lawsuits nowadays are results of being successful; it's part of the business," said Chou in a telephone conference according to Reuters. "We will not bring the company to a dangerous position."
HTC's share value dropped in the wake of the announcement of a lawsuit from Apple and have yet to fully recover. The firm is already paying a license fee to Microsoft to use elements of Android, and further royalty payments to another company would have another impact on its bottom line.
Let's just hope all these patent issues get solved in the next year or two and we can get back to publishing blurry pictures of possible phones that may be the next iPhone/Galaxy/Desire killer.
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Microsoft strikes back ... softly
The software giant calls its new non-intrusive approach Office Genuine Advantage (OGA) and claims that it’s mainly intended to protect users from becoming victims of pirated software.
“We want to help users who have inadvertently installed an illegitimate copy of Microsoft Office,” said Annabelle Co, Microsoft Malaysia senior product marketing manager.
Microsoft expects to go live with OGA on Jan 27 in 27 countries including Malaysia, Indonesia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia and Spain.
Its previous Windows Genuine Advantage antipiracy initiative caused users’ desktop to turn black if they were using pirated copies of Windows XP.
The OGA notification, on the other hand, will display a dialogue box prompting the user to buy a genuine copy of Office.
Microsoft said users have unknowingly purchased pirated copies of Microsoft Office because they have been fooled by the packaging and price which is similar to the original.
OGA will be rolled out through Window’s automatic update service and users will be given the option to not install it. It will verify the authenticity of Office 2003, 2007 and XP.
However, OGA will not stop the user from continuing to use Office.
“The dialogue box will pop up twice a day for a period of 30 days if the user chooses to ignore it,” Co said.
After the 30-day period is up, there will be a permanent star icon on the toolbar to remind the user that it is an illegitimate copy of Microsoft Office.
Because it doesn’t interfere with the functions of Office, some users will continue to ignore it, Co said.
“Some may even think it’s cool to have a star on their toolbar but I believe they would be embarrassed if they were to do a presentation and the audience spotted it,” Co said.
Microsoft even claims that if a customer had paid a large sum of money for a pirated copy of Office, it will replace it with a complimentary copy of Office Professional regardless of the edition of the illegitimate copy.
Users will have to fill up a form online, which they have to print and mail with the fake CD and receipt to Microsoft’s headquarters in the United States.
Also, the CD must bear the Microsoft hologram. “If you send a CD-R with the words Microsoft Office on it, you won’t qualify for the complimentary copy,” she quipped.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Nokia N79 Not just a pretty phone
Despite Nokia’s recent “dual-slide” design trend, it has still been dedicated to producing quality candybar phones.
This particular model surprised me in ways no candybar had for a long time. It is different in ways both large and subtle.
Bright white
The first thing you will notice about the N79 is the white frontal outline. I found this to be a very aesthetically pleasing feature as it reflects light more gently than silver or black outlines.
BRILLIANT: The dual-LED flash is magnificently bright and the picture and video quality is excellent. The keypad comprises of all-flat depressed buttons save for four rice-like keys and the N-series trademark silver media button.
The navigation wheel is more squarish but performs both the wheel and cursor functions very effectively depending on the context of usage.
In the middle of the navgiation wheel there is a sufficiently large “execute” button which seems to massage the tips of your fingers.
The rice-like keys take some getting used to though, especially if you have nails that are anything but short.
From time to time, I did slide off the limited surface area to accidentally push a flat key next to it, which was a little annoying at first.
My favourite part of the design is the sliding lock/unlock button at the top of the phone.
It makes locking and unlocking so more quicker and easier with just one swift move required. You do not see this feature often outside of slider phones.
Cover story
When you first open the box, you will see two extra covers of different colours next to the phone which will certainly come in handy.
There is a nice surprise waiting for you when you decide to change your cover.
What I mean by this is that all the covers provided have a built-in chip that, when clasped on, will change the wallpaper colour of the home screen to match the colour of the cover. I personally thought this was quite cool.
Also, the camera has a sliding cover which protects the camera while closed and turns on the camera when slid open.
This is quite a practical feature but I do feel that the cover is too easy to slide open.
I have accidentally activated the camera on many occasions when pulling the phone out of my pocket.
Down to business
Having used a few N-series models in the past, I was quite impressed with this particular model’s fast response time.
Also, it did not hang on me at all which was a nice change.
With updates to its firmware, Nokia has improved the user-friendliness of its GPS application significantly.
It is quick, easy to use and the maps are very accurate. It is good if you are looking for landmarks and other major places.
Where it is lacking is the specific searches especially when it comes to the lesser-known places of interest.
In that situation, it will probably never replace a standalone GPS system.
To be fair, according to Nokia, it is in the early stages of a new map system and will have more detailed map updates and features in the future.
In any case it is hard to use while driving, at least, hard to use safely and without arousing the suspicion of the authorities.
Web browsing is also really fun on this model, mainly because of the well designed navigation wheel.
Also, this model has a tilt sensor which changes the screen view to landscape mode when tilted to its side.
It is great for Internet surfing but an inconvenience otherwise (sometimes it tilts while placed flat on the table).
Media matters
The camera on the N79 is really good. The focus time is about one second and the dual-LED flash is magnificently bright.
The picture and video quality is excellent with very few pictures coming out blurry or dark.
Nokia provides a USB cable so you can upload your media to your PC. Four gigabyte of memory is not considered massive these days but it is more than enough if you are consistent in uploading your content.
For music lovers such as myself, 4GB is not a world of space.
The speakers on this model are decent. It is much more enjoyable, however, to listen to music using the earphones/handsfree set provided.
I had a little trouble with transferring the music. The manual says to use Windows Media Player 11 but that does not really work so well since some of my synchronised files went missing in the phone.
What the booklet does not tell you is that you can actually use Nokia Music to sync the files. Even with Nokia Music, it took a few tries before all my music was where it should be.
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I must say, getting a free activation code for LucasArt’s mobile version of Star Wars: Force Unleashed was really great.
I think it is the first mobile game I got really engrossed in and was impressed with the detail of the graphics and the complexity of the gameplay.
I am generally not much of a mobile gamer but I found this particular game to be challenging and very entertaining.
Conclusion
I have to admit this phone really impressed me. It is elegantly designed and its features are mostly top of the line.
Its price tag is significantly lower than many of its N-series counterparts and it has almost all the same features, albeit reduced in some areas.
Pros: Stylish design; good response time; excellent camera features; cool covers; fun games.
Cons: Rice-like keys are difficult to use; loose camera cover; limited memory; file synchronisation is troublesome.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Sony Ericsson goes WinMo
Sony Ericsson dips its toe into the world of Windows Mobile with the Xperia X1.
When it was announced many months ago, the Sony Xperia X1 looked like Windows Mobile’s answer to the Apple iPhone, with its cool-looking animated custom screens and icons.
What got everyone to sit up and listen was a promotional video that Sony Ericsson uploaded online.
The video showed an incredibly fancy interface, with icons that zoom in and out and flip around — in essence, the promise of a flashy interface over the normally staid Windows Mobile menus.
So now that it’s here, does it fulfil Sony Ericsson’s promise of a better smartphone?
In the box
Before we get to the nitty-gritty, we’ll take a look at just what you get for the over RM3,000 (according to official sources) you are expected to pay for the Xperia X1.
Apart from the handset itself, you get a charger, a pair of headphones with built-in microphone and, of course, the usual plethora of manuals, setup CD and quick start guides.
The X1 charges via its USB miniport and the bundled sync cable actually plugs into the AC adaptor to charge the device.
Of course, you can also charge when the X1 is synchronising with the PC so you don’t really need to plug the device into the AC adaptor if you sync with your PC a few times a day and keep the power topped up.
The X1 itself feels quite good in the hands — it’s not the thinnest nor smallest smartphone around, but it’s narrow enough that it fits in the hand nicely.
On the front, the phone has the usual Windows Mobile buttons arranged in a sort of double-X pattern on either side of the directional pad.
Here the X1 reveals the first of its hidden secrets — while the directional pad functions as you would expect, where you navigate by pressing the up, down, left, right and centre buttons, it actually functions like a notebook’s touchpad as well, allowing you to scroll by just running your finger along the surface.
While it is pretty cool to do this, there’s really not much difference between using this method to scroll compared with using the directional pad.
Turn on the X1 and you’ll be presented with a gorgeous screen — the display is a really high-resolution 800 x 480pixel screen, one of the highest currently available on any smartphone.
Thanks to its high-resolution and relatively small size, the screen looks silky smooth with pixels that are really invisible to the naked eye — I can’t stress just how nice the X1’s screen is.
The same can’t be said for the X1’s slide out keyboard, as the keys on the Qwerty keyboard are just too flat and shaped wrong to type with the ball of your thumb or with the fingernail without hitting the keys next to the one you want.
Interface
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again the Windows Mobile interface seriously needs a makeover.
Like HTC’s Touch series, the Xperia X1 has a go at changing the staid Windows Mobile menus with its own flashier interface.
For a start, the X1 mimics the iPhone’s “flick-to-scroll” feature and allows you to scroll through the entire interface by just flicking your finger on the screen.
On top of that, Sony Ericsson has included a few applications of its own including a replacement Today screen with a large analogue clock on the front and shortcuts to the messaging application and wireless settings.
There’s also a flashy X Panel application that gives you a list of animated shortcuts to a number of applications, including the custom Xperia Today screen, the built-in radio and the multimedia player, amongst others.
However, while it certainly looks cool, the X Panel is of limited practical use — for one thing, it only allows you to add shortcuts to only a limited number of applications instead of letting you add a shortcut to any program you want.
For another, all the flashy animation (giving you either a tiled view or a an animated fan view) slows down the machine and doesn’t actually make accessing your programs any faster.
Beyond that, the X1 doesn’t go far enough to get you away from the Windows Mobile interface and you will still have to resort to the clunky Windows Mobile messaging application for all your e-mail and SMS/MMS needs.
While it’s not bad, for example Windows Mobile 6.1 adds a threaded SMS interface, it still requires a lot of navigating in menus to send a message.
The software bundle that comes flashed into the ROM include Google Maps that works together with the built-in GPS in the X1 and best of all, the very latest Opera 9.5 browser for Windows Mobile.
Opera 9.5 is a very solid browser and much better, smoother and faster than Internet Explorer Mobile, allowing you to view webpages and zoom in and out of columns much like Safari does on the iPhone.
Oh yes, while Office Mobileis common in all Windows Mobile smartphones now, the version that comes bundled with Windows Mobile 6.1 allows you to open and save documents in Microsoft’s latest Office 2007format.
As for games, Sony Ericsson has added a couple on top of the Windows Mobile’s default Bubble Breaker and Solitaire, namely Astraware’s Sudokuand Bejeweled 2 — nice, but strangely the games only work in landscape mode.
The 3.2-megapixel digital camera with autofocus produces pretty good photos especially when shooting in bright daylight.
Having the Sony brand name attached to this phone means that you get a music and media player that looks better than plain old Windows Media Player Mobile as well as a nice radio tuner application that works with the built-in FM tuner.
One thing I really liked is that the X1 comes with a regular 3.5mm stereo jack input so you can use third party earphones if you so desire, although the supplied earphones were good enough for me and comes with a built-in microphone for answering calls.
The issues
Battery life on the Xperia X1 is just average — you can get about a day and a half if you don’t use WiFi at all.
If you do a little surfing via WiFi for an hour or two, however, expect to have to charge the X1 at the end of the day.
We also experienced a few problems with our review unit, as the X1 would crash a few times during the day, and the problems persisted even after we hard reset the device and started from scratch.
To be fair, a little sticker on the side of the X1’s packaging indicated that the device is a “trial unit /prototype” so perhaps the stability problems were due to firmware that’s not fully baked yet.
Hopefully this will be fixed in the retail version.
Conclusion
In terms of size and shape, the Xperia X1 is really not bad at all.
Unfortunately, the thing that really lets down the X1 seems to be the Windows Mobile operating system itself, as Sony Ericsson just doesn’t go far enough with its customisations to minimise the problems with the operating system.
My verdict? The hardware is nice, but for the price, Sony Ericsson really needs to look at where HTC is now with its latest Touch handhelds and really bring the X1 up to speed both in terms of performance and cost.
Pros: Nice design; fits well in the hand; beautiful high-resolution screen.
Cons: Interface still needs work; stability issues; thumb keyboard too flat and closely spaced.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
One fine camera
THEY say that great things come in small packages and the Fujifilm Finepix F100d proves that theory, as the compact camera holds its own with a bevy of great features.
The Finepix F100d cranks things up a notch with a 12-megapixel sensor and an RP (Real Photo) processor, which the company claims will deliver razor-sharp high resolution shots.
The camera is outfitted with a versatile 5x zoom lens (equivalent to 28mm - 140mm) that covers both the wide angle and telephoto end of the spectrum.
And not only does the Finepix F100d supports high ISO levels but it also is able to take good shots at higher ISO settings.
Other features of the Finepix F100d include a new Face Detection technology that locks on to faces faster and Dual Image Stabilisation which combines both mechanical image stabilisation and higher ISO level for shake-free images.
There’s also a Dual Shot mode that allows users to quickly shoot two images — one with flash and another without — in rapid succession to capture the same great moment without having to snap twice.
The Finepix F100d supports both Fujifilm’s standard xD cards as well as regular SD cards.
Friday, November 21, 2008
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Monday, November 17, 2008
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Saturday, November 1, 2008
Carlsberg Fun
Recently Carlsberg launches Web-TV channel about football and fan life
Recently Carlsberg Brewery launched a football web-TV-channel www.partofthegame.tv
They launched 5 channels showing all aspects about football from the classic football matches to life as a fan.
Be sure not to miss the video clips about football funnies and rituals from the Football Magic channel.
As an extra feature you can upload your own favourite football moments. Even, if you’ve found the videos on YouTube etc.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
Gadgets for You
Seen this website recently. Its the new site, but it is growing and becoming established rapidly. The goal of the site is not to list every bit of news from each day. Instead, the site focuses on the product releases and news items that are the most significant, useful, or particularly cool. The items are hand-picked as a "best of the best" resource for computer hardware, software, gadgets, and tech news. Therefore, instead of visitors having to wade through pages of minor updates and other news that is not of interest, the top products and news items are solely presented.
Besides, other useful gadgets include the universal remote control which sounds like the one we saw in the movie Click. Haha!
Other stuffs are the network media player and the online backup services for backing up the important informations in your computer.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Kursk I'm back
I don't really want to go back, life back there is so boring. Unlike at home, I'm more free. Anyways, another year to go before I graduate. I guess that reason is the only motivation for me now.
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Thursday, April 24, 2008
How to Switch from an Analog to Digital TV
The National Association of Broadcasters estimates that 70 million sets are in danger of losing their picture.
We tested two boxes and found them to produce a picture quality far better than any analog channel we could find, giving a whole new lease on life to a tube TV that lacks cable or satellite service (which will still work with older TVs after February 17). The boxes also gave us access to more channels than analog reception.
But the boxes also have a peculiar problem: Unless users manually change settings from show to show, the picture from many stations either won't fill the screen or it will be so big that parts of the picture are cut off by the edges of the screen.
We tried the Digital Stream DTX9900, sold by RadioShack Corporation, and Insignia NS-DXA1, sold by Best Buy. Each costs $59.99, which can be partly defrayed by a $40 coupon available from the government at www.dtv2009.gov.
Both boxes, with some programs, produced "windowboxing" or "the postage-stamp effect": The TV picture occupies the center of the screen, leaving black bars above, below and on either side of the picture.
This occurs because the digital broadcasts of network stations are in most cases formatted for widescreen HDTVs. When shown on a non-widescreen TV, the image will be "letterboxed," showing black bars above and below.
But it doesn't end there. A lot of these digital broadcasts are actually of non-widescreen content. Practically no daytime fare, like syndicated shows and reruns of old sitcoms, is widescreen.
The stations deal with this by inserting black bars to the left and right of the image to pad out the widescreen frame. On a non-wide TV, the result is windowboxing. That nice 32-inch TV you got five years ago is turned into a 24-incher.
The solution is to press the "Zoom" button on the remote that comes with the converter box. That will expand the picture so it fills the screen. Everything good now? No. When the next show comes on, it might have been shot in widescreen. The "zoom" mode will still be on, which means only the center of the image will be visible. The left and right sides will fall outside the screen, but you won't know that, unless you start mashing the Zoom button again to cycle through a few options until you get to the letterboxed mode.
Now, a lot of people might accept that they're going to be missing part of the frame, especially since many stations use a "center cut safe" principle, which means they try not to put important information on the left and right edges when shooting widescreen content. But when we watched "Everybody Loves Raymond," having the zoom engaged cut Raymond's brother out of the frame. I don't think Robert appreciated that.
The converter boxes have another issue that may affect some people. It has been widely reported that all analog broadcasts will go away next year. That's not quite true. More than 2,900 low-power stations and about 4,400 signal-relay stations known as "translators" that extend broadcasts to rural areas will not be required to go digital by the deadline, and may lack the resources to do so.
The converter boxes we tested don't let analog broadcasts through to the set, so these low-power signals will be blocked. None of the other converter boxes carried by the big U.S. electronics retailers have analog passthrough either. One model sold by online stores, the Philco TB100HH9, has passthrough, but it was sold out at the sites that listed it.
Lack of analog passthrough may not be a fatal flaw. You may not miss the low-power stations. If you have a TV that takes a "composite" input, usually via a yellow socket, you can plug the converter into that, leaving the antenna socket free for a second antenna, which you can use for remaining analog broadcasts. (Even if you don't plan to use a second antenna, plugging the converter box into the composite jack is a good idea, because you'll get better image quality.)
The two models we tried are quite similar, and opening them up reveals that their major components are in fact identical.
We preferred the RadioShack's Digital Stream model for its user interface, which contains a program guide that allows you to look ahead at a channel's programming for up to 24 hours. It's bare-bones compared to the program guides that come with cable or satellite subscriptions, but hey, it's free.
The Insignia also has a program guide, but it only tells you what the current and following shows are.
Another minor difference is that the Insignia remembers the zoom setting for each channel, while the Digital Stream applies the same setting to all widescreen channels. Either way, you'll be using the zoom button a lot if you want to watch TV the right way