Archive for July, 2009 - Page 24

Apple have just addressed a bunch of stability fixes and security vulnerabilities in a minor update announced for their Safari 4 browser. Given that the new Safari 4.0.2 improves on the JavaScript front with a better Nitro JavaScript engine, and “includes the latest compatibility and security fixes”, the update is [...]

MSI have launched their up and coming 14″ MSI EX460 notebook which they bill as serving as a ‘one stop shop for work and play’ and whose minimalist style should appeal to ‘business users wanting a notebook with style but not opulence’.

LG have detailed a new, up and coming QWERTY phone, the LG GW300, which, on first inspection, may look like a smartphone but, in fact, is very much a budget QWERTY phone aimed specifically at those looking for a Facebook, messaging and email friendly device.

Some companies go for minimal styling at it works, and works well – we’re thinking specifically about Neil Poulten’s designs for LaCie here – whilst others try and fail, spectacularly. I-O Data very much fall into the latter camp when it comes to their new CPSPK/BT Bluetooth Speaker which boasts [...]

Audio-Technica have officially launched their latest QuietPoint active noise cancelling cans, known as the Audio-Technica ATH-ANC7b headphones, which, whilst offering the same degree of noise cancelling as the previous iterations (85%) come with a revised design offering better comfort as well as improved sound quality.

Having initially provided you with a heads up concerning the myTouch3G’s release date on T-Mobile we can now advise that T-mobile are accepting advanced orders for the Android powered myTouch3G should you wish to ensure you’re one of the first to get your hands on this much hyped smartphone.

Unlike the folks at Go Computer (a division of FirstStreet, makers of gadgets for the near-geriatric), I think that designing and marketing a computer that is specifically meant for older people (anyone over 65 I suppose) is somewhat of a shot in the dark. I liken it to making a [...]

For those of you that have had to deal with the less-than-stellar technologies for controlling a mouse during on-screen projections you know how hit and miss they can be. Often they cause your pointer to move agonizingly slow or create irritating jumpy movements that can have you ready to smash [...]

If you are up on your geek trivia, you know that back in 2005 scientists discovered the largest known dwarf planet in our solar system, later named Eris. According to Wikipedia, it’s the ninth largest direct solar-orbiting body; it’s approximately 2,500 km (1553-mi) in diameter and 27% more massive than [...]

I don’t consider myself any kind of expert when it comes to either interior design or sound delivery devices, so when I took a look at the latest product introduction from high-end speaker manufacturer Salk Sound, I wasn’t exactly impressed. They struck me as big, bulky, and, quite frankly, hard [...]