Archive for April, 2008

Annoying softwares like Spyware and Adware are software programs created by online marketers that monitor your online behaviour, collect marketing data, and bombard you with annoying pop-up ads. Unfortunately, these programs seem to be proliferating like spam, but don’t worry there are programs that can remove and protect your computer. Here you go:

Nowadays, you can see solar powered devices almost everywhere, and Intelligent Form wants to use the power of the sun(solar power) to charge your gizmos/gadgets and tech equipments like notebooks, laptops etc while you’re lounging by the pool.

The SOLo Lounge Table by Intelligent Form looks very minimal at a glance, but it packs silicon solar cells under its glass surface to harness over 17 kilowatts of solar energy every year, which according to the site is equivalent to 6,300 mobile phone charges, 8,400 digital camera charges, or 168 laptop computer charges annually — all without draining any traditional and overextended sources of energy.

Nowadays we can see how many people(internet users) volunteer their email address on forums or public boards and comments sections. I assume that no one told them spammers use a programs that can crawl the internet/website in search of email addresses, or perhaps they just don’t care. As a websites owner, I often hesitate about posting or sharing my email address too publicly, but sometimes it’s inevitable.

According to the official Sony Playstation blog, they’re about to fix one of the major complaints about Sony Playstation 3 as a Blu-ray(BD-player) player that is the PS3 can’t handle the bit-for-bit DTS-HD Master Audio format.

Firmware update v.2.30, which will arrive soon enough, according to Sony representative, will at last add support for DTS-HD Master Audio—a “lossless” audio format that can delivers a bit-for-bit reproduction of the studio master soundtrack—to the Sony Playstation 3’s Blu-ray disc player. The Sony Playstation 3 already supports the Dolby TrueHD(True Hi-Definition), a competing lossless audio format.

The new ultra-portable Sony Vaio VGN-TZ195N/XC notebook PC comes with just 2.7 pounds in weight, it offers a sleek, durable carbon-fiber case in charcoal black and a unique rounded hinge design. (Carbon fiber, the same material used on jets and sports cars to keep them lightweight yet sturdy, is much stronger-durable than the magnesium used on standard laptops.) With 4 to 8 hours of standard laptop battery life, it has the stamina to power you through your most frequent used super-applications. The VAIO TZ195N/XC also includes a newly redesigned keyboard that balances a smart, sophisticated look with user-friendly touch and feel, and an 11.1-inch LCD using Sony’s XBRITE-HiColor technology with an energy-saving white LED backlight for brilliant colors and added clarity.