Archive for April, 2009

Microsoft acts like the CEO of Video Professor: "Here, try my product": releases Windows 7 RC 1 to MSDN (and soon the public)

Share Ok, maybe not exactly… but it was the best analogy I could come up with on such short notice… Needless to say, as Slashdot reported today, with Release Candidate 1 currently available to MSDN subscribers and soon to be available to the public on May 5th, Microsoft is basically giving...
April 30th, 2009 | Announcements, PCs, Rumors | Read More

Bridging the Apple Gap

Share Well, it wouldn’t be the first time we’ve heard the rumors, but maybe a big-time site like CNET happens to have better sources. Yes, it looks like sometime in the near future, there will be a mid-size Apple computing device to bridge the gap between the iPhone and the 13” MacBook. CNET reports...
April 29th, 2009 | Apple, Cell Phones, Rumors | Read More

Wolfram Research shakes Google in its Booties

Share Stephen Wolfram, famous mathematician and author,  made an announcment today that soon a new type of search engine will be unleased upon the world. In a talk at Harvard, the man repsonible for educational technologies like Mathematica, the scientist demoed a new search engine that returns results...
April 28th, 2009 | The Internet | Read More

Weekend Recap: April 27th 2009

Share Last week, Windows 7 was rumored for release on May 5th and it has been confirmed, see Tom’s Hardware. In other tech news… Download files while your computer is asleep. [Gizmodo] Most iPhones can now play WoW. [Gizmodo] Verizon iPhone? Maybe possible next year. [Engadget] Unseen usefulness...
April 27th, 2009 | Apple, Cell Phones, PCs, Rumors, The Internet, Weekend Recap | Read More

M$ – $ = M:(

Share Microsoft has posted its numbers for this past quarter, and things aren’t looking too hot. For the first time in MS trading history they’re reporting a decline in sales, with a 6% decrease since last year. And their net profits have dropped 32%, reflecting how much PC sales have...
April 24th, 2009 | PCs | Read More

Samsung releases two new Netbooks; Marketing team gets dyslexic with the Model numbers.

Share Just today, Engadget broke the news wind that Samsung has finally officially announced their new netbook models: the N110 and N120. The crazy thing is that it’s arguable that the N110 is marginally better than the N120. dtsv.dtse_post_1295_permalink = 'http://kurteng.com/2009/04/samsung-releases-two-new-netbooks-marketing-team-gets-dyslexic-with-the-model-numbers/'; dtsv.dtse_post_1295_title...
April 24th, 2009 | Announcements, PCs | Read More

Buying A New Laptop

Share On a budget? Need a laptop? Which one is right? Click here for HD version Don’t forget to take a look at refurbished laptops too. Dell, Apple and many other vendors have them and still offer a 1 year conditional warranty. Additional warranties can still be purchased for them and it is...
April 23rd, 2009 | Apple, How To..., PCs, Videos | Read More

Cracked Armor

Cracked Armor
Share If you’re like most of the general population, you own a cell phone.  At least one.  And, if you’re like most cell phone users in the world, you’ve probably had a cell phone accident. The photo above is of my friend Jay’s cell phone.  Or, at least what used to be his cell phone.  He...
April 22nd, 2009 | Cell Phones, How To... | Read More

Google Rolls Out News Timeline, Similar Image Search

Share Those nutty programmers over at Google labs released two new features to the world yesterday, similar image search and news timeline. They seem to have busy this past winter, and these new features likely won’t disappoint. Google news timeline aims to create a rich user interface that gives...
April 21st, 2009 | The Internet | Read More