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Many of us search the web for the best skins, the best icons, the best sounds and the best looking wallpapers to make our computers ever so Sci Fi, but not too, too Sci Fi, in an overly geeky way.
However, there are times when a system of pictures or skins or even an entire theme is done so correctly that we cannot ignore them and must embrace them fully and immediately download them and display them proudly like grinning idiots...
As far as Star Trek fans go, your search for the ultimate screensaver is now over.
In this day and age of either hyper-complex gadgets or anyone, even a Hilton, can use it toys, new technology can either be a godsend or yet another thing to do in an already overly busy world. With all the fuss about broadband and the slow and inexorable build up of hatred for Telstra and their ‘line fees’, it seems only natural that a market should open up for mobile broadband. The nice people at Optus have a new dongle, which they call the Roamer USB.
But is it to be trusted? Can it actually work? Is it really plug and play?
No, that heading is not a typo.
Website Boing Boing has announced plans by the Japanese team on the International Space Station to launch a paper aeroplane (co-designed with the Japan Origami Airplane Association) into the Earth's atmosphere.
Before you go saying that's silly and impossible, the paper is being treated with heat resistant materials. So it's not impossible. Just very, very silly.
Research began on January the 17th in in an ultra-high-speed wind tunnel at the University of Tokyo’s Okashiwa campus. The 8 centimetre long aircraft will be subjected to wind speeds of 8,600 kilometres an hour. That's also not a typo. They're pushing that baby to Mach 7!
Whilst we were foolishly distracted waiting for the iPhone to come out, Apple have decided to annoy the heck out of all Macophiles by releasing a brand new Macbook - the Macbook Air. It's less than 2cm thick and weighs just over a kilo - but is still the size of a normal Macbook.
Based on the design of 13.3 inch wide screen Macbook, this new model has had its guts ripped out and replaced by ultra-light, ultra-small and, obviously ultra-thin technology.
Based on the design of 13.3 inch wide screen Macbook, this new model has had its guts ripped out and replaced by ultra-light, ultra-small and, obviously ultra-thin technology.
Whilst this product isn't quite available, eggheaded types are currently beavering away to make invisible toasting an everyday breakfast ritual. Apparently the transparent material is also a resistor, and so acts like a giant heat coil. The technology will allow the world to finally emerge burnt-toast free.
For around $2,000 you too can have your very own 24 carat gold Macbook Pro. A company called Computer Choppers (of course) will take your Macbook and blingify it, covering the whole thing in gold (even allowing for the backlit keys). Diamond studded Apple logos can also be added to the mix. The perfect companion for your 24 carat iPod.
LG-Phillips LCD announced late November that they have cracked the fingerprint code and now are ready to produce computer screens that do not pick up fingerprints. The whole thing is based on the same Teflon-style technology used in frying pans.
"Our new panel employs a principle similar to that used on non-stick frying pans. Dirt and oil can easily be wiped away," said Ahn Byung-Chul, development chief for advanced technology.
The screens are already going into production and we should see them in the shops in the first half of 2008.
"Our new panel employs a principle similar to that used on non-stick frying pans. Dirt and oil can easily be wiped away," said Ahn Byung-Chul, development chief for advanced technology.
The screens are already going into production and we should see them in the shops in the first half of 2008.
CAN’T WAIT FOR THE IPHONE? NEITHER CAN WE – SO WE TRIED OUT THE HTC TOUCH.
The touchability that is the sex-drive behind Apple’s iPhone is making the consumers of the world somewhat silly as they turn that product’s sales into a phenomenon. However, calmer heads may prevail as Apple’s product’s limitations (including not being available at this very minute in Oz) become apparent.
If you want something similar, without having to wait - and without being tied down to a particular provider, a good place to start looking is the HTC touch. The steaming hot looks and the promise of access to Outlook email and other Office apps, web surfing, music and the sexy TouchFLO system promise much. But what happens when we put it in the hands of a tech newbie?
The touchability that is the sex-drive behind Apple’s iPhone is making the consumers of the world somewhat silly as they turn that product’s sales into a phenomenon. However, calmer heads may prevail as Apple’s product’s limitations (including not being available at this very minute in Oz) become apparent.
If you want something similar, without having to wait - and without being tied down to a particular provider, a good place to start looking is the HTC touch. The steaming hot looks and the promise of access to Outlook email and other Office apps, web surfing, music and the sexy TouchFLO system promise much. But what happens when we put it in the hands of a tech newbie?
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