Massive news over the weekend as hacker prodigy Geohot, who’s claim to fame is being the first hacker to successful break one of the iPhone’s system. Geohot posted this on his website:
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Chinese New Year is just around the corner. With the help of current technology, this Chinese New Year will be a special one. Let’s see what current technology can do for you for the coming CNY.
1. GPS
Pai Nian (Visiting friends and relatives house) for Ang Pao is the most important activity during Chinese New Year. Without Pai Nian, the whole CNY will not be meaningful because no Ang Pao = No CNY.
With the help of GPS and Satellite software like Garmin and Tom Tom Navigator, you’re able to locate your friends and relatives house without any hassle. Especially for friends and relatives who stay far away from the city or friends that you’ve lost contact for years, you can simply request for their GPS coordinates and your GPS device will guide your Ang Pao route.
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The recent Apple event reveals for the first time Apple’s latest creation – the iPad. The hype that has been churning since 3 years ago has culminated to this point and the results are… well, not as exciting as I had hoped.
But for the millions of Apple fanatics out there, the iPad will be the next best thing since sliced bread.
Chinese New Year will be here soon! Don’t kill yourself with that annual mad rush to the banks to get your Ang Pow packets. We have done some designs for you, just download and print it out to get your own DIY Ang Pau 🙂
Here’s a preview of Ang Pao design:
Fancy travelling with some of the coolest gadgets around to keep you company? Here’s a collection of the trendiest and most sophisticated devices that one should carry while on the move. Without delay, the list itself:
1) The GPS Navigator! Forget about ever getting lost again! GPS-based navigators are the in-things of the moment, with plenty found either separately or incorporated with your GPS-receiving mobile phones. With the utilization of excellent navigation software such as Garmin to guide you along the paths, finding your way in a new city would be as easy as ABC! This eliminates the need for paper-maps, or you ever stopping at petrol kiosks or police stations any more, asking for directions. Find restaurants of your choice, shopping malls, or even hotels! Useful? You bet!
Yesterday, Steve Jobs clad in his usual jeans and t-shirt attire, finally puts an end to months of speculation and unveils to the world, the iPad.
However, no ground-breaking feature was revealed unlike the launching of the iPod and iPhone.
The ultimate browsing and navigational experience seems to be what Apple is banking on this time round, for its success.
Without further ado, here is an overview of the gadget we have all been waiting for. Continue reading “Apple iPad, not iSlate”
Year 2009 closed off grandly with the much anticipated release of epic science fiction film, Avatar by James Cameron, 12 years after his success with Titanic, the highest grossing film of all time. Avatar, which was originally scheduled to be filmed after the completion of Titanic had to be postponed as the technology required to portray his vision of the film was not yet available at that time. In fact, high tech cameras were customised and specifically built for the filming of the Avatar movie. The result was a stereoscopic movie experience with cutting edge video effects. 2 hours and 42 minutes may be a lifetime to sit through a movie, but Avatar left us craving for more. A sequel or a prequel maybe?
Better still. A video game. Continue reading “Avatar: The Game”
If you’re not really into the techno jargon, maybe this scenario comparison will help you (we have compiled a list of broadband packages here):
There has been a lot of speculation recently in regards to the emergence of 4G mobile phones in 2010. And Nokia has come forward and disclosed that they will be among the frontrunners in this segment of the cell phone market by introducing 4G device hardware by utilizing the Long Term Evolution (LTE) standard in 2010.
I am writing this in because I have been personally affected by what many are calling the NVIDIA Defect. Hopefully others will be more aware of this situation should their laptop experience a premature death.
My laptop was purchased back in 2007 and upgraded to the 8400M graphics system instead of using the default Intel GMA because of light gaming requirements. A year into its use, it began to develop some quirks such as laptop restarting itself, corrupted display, etc. The charger/battery also died soon after.
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