Archive for July, 2006

Google Realeases Maps and iGoogle For Cell Phone

Monday, July 31st, 2006

Google has released the newest version of Google Maps and a customizable Google homepage for your cell phone.
Google Maps mobile is simply a Java program that can be downloaded now can help you to save time in your car. Google Maps now gives you live travel updates and even allows you to save your […]

AMD Buys ATI Technologies

Monday, July 31st, 2006

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), the popular computer chip maker and second to Intel, has bought ATI Technologies for 5.4 billion dollars. The Canadian company (ATI Technologies) was one of the top companies that produced graphics processor units and 3D Graphics cards.
I think that AMD’s aquisition will do the company much good. AMD now […]

Apple Releases Wireless Version of Mighty Mouse

Friday, July 28th, 2006

Apple’s Mighty Mouse now has gone wireless adding more freedom to Apple’s popular mouse. The wireless Mighty Mouse has a pretty reliable connection with it’s laser tracking engine. The engine is roughly 20 times as sensitive as the optical mouses out on the market today.
That means that mouse can be placed on surfaces and work […]

Samsung Creates 4GB Solid State Disk

Friday, July 28th, 2006

Yesterday Samsung announced that they had a 4 GB Flash memory solid state disk (SSD) ready for production. The disk can also be used as flash memory cache for computers and notebooks using Windows Vista as the compter’s operating system.
Windows Vista (the next Windows operating system) uses a tool called Windows ReadyBoost. This feature […]

The Samsung E500 Versus

Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

Samsung and Versus have teamed together to create the Samsung E500 Versus cell phone. The SGH-E500 phone has a pretty interesting style and design I haven’t seen in other phones. The phone comes in three colors: white and gold, white and pink, and black and silver.

Microsoft’s iPod rival to Come “Zune”

Monday, July 24th, 2006

There had been many rumors that Microsoft was in the process of creating a music device that would rival Apple’s popular iPod. Myriads of other companies have tried their hand at dethroning Apple, to no avail.
I’m wondering if Microsoft will be able to pull this one off. Granted they have had plenty of time to […]

Samsung Introduces MagicNet Displays

Friday, July 21st, 2006

Samsung has announced that two of its monitors will be bundled with its MagicNet software. The 40-inch SyncMaster 400PXn and the 46-inch SyncMaster 460PXn both use MagicNet.
MagicNet is used primarily by companies and corperations to display logos, or applications across an array of displays. MagicNet allows all of the displays to be […]

Samsung’s 21-Inch SyncMaster 215TW Monitor

Thursday, July 20th, 2006

Samsung released their newest monitor in the SyncMaster 215TW. The SyncMaster 215TW is a pretty decent notebook with a good 21-inch screen. Not exactly eye popping but still pretty large.
This monitor boasts a 8 ms response time, which is faster than the 12 ms average, but still is one the slower end of […]

Panasonic 103-inch LCD TV Gets Massive Price

Wednesday, July 19th, 2006

Alright remember when we brought you the news of how Panasonic would be releasing a 103-inch TV which they displayed at CES. (I know the size does boggle the mind a bit). The thing is huge but no one knew how much this Giant was gonna cost.
Well today, we are proud to say that […]

Sony Creates First Blu-Ray DVD Burner

Tuesday, July 18th, 2006

Sony today released its first Blu-Ray rewritable burner for computers. Sony had previously released Blu-Ray discs and notebooks.
Sony’s first burner finally completes the cycle. Since Blu-Ray discs, notebooks, and burners have all been released now someone is able to burn high definition media onto Blu-Ray Disc (BD). The BDs will have the capability of storing […]

HP Creates Grain-Sized Chip

Monday, July 17th, 2006

Okay when I read about this story, I thought this new creation from Hewlett Packard was pretty neat. I’m currently studying Electronics Engineering so I see some small chips. Of course chips today have gotten smaller thanks in part to the transistor.
I’m going to simplify the new development by HP so if you aren’t a […]

Sony’s Next Generation Headphones

Friday, July 14th, 2006

Sony, today, released their newest set of professional headphones in the MDR-7509HD. These headphones are made for the pros. They are great for studio engineers, musicians and others working with high quality audio equipement.
The MDR-7509HD uses Auranomic circum-aural drivers and was designed to mimic the human ear in terms of a human’s […]

Sony Unleashes Memory Stick Entertainment Packs

Thursday, July 13th, 2006

If you remember awhile back we talked about SanDisk selling USB drives that would be change the way you played a computer game. Well, this week Sony has released the Memory Stick Entertainment Packs.
These Entertainment Packs consists of a 1GB and 2GB Memory Stick Duo card from Sony. The flash card is bundled with […]

Watch Out For Gmail Phishing Scam

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006

A false phishng scam has been circulating to those who use a Gmail e-mail account. Phishing e-mails trick the victim into giving the scammer important personal information.
In this case victims were sent e-mails that claimed that they were on of 12 winners of a $500 prize. To collect the money they must click on a […]

Freescale Develops New Type of RAM

Tuesday, July 11th, 2006

Freescale Semiconductor has developed and released a brand new form of RAM. RAM stands for Random Access Memory and is the storage you use when you are running programs. If your computer was bought recently you might have anywhere from 512 MB to 1024 MB of RAM.
However, any data stored in RAM is lost […]