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Brando’s Wireless Keyboard has Built-In Touch Pad

So, you’re lying about on your sofa, while using your PC to watch a movie; what would be really nice is a wireless keyboard with a built-in touch pad to control playback. Well, thanks to Brando, you can now have it all. The Wireless USB Keyboard with Touch Pad leaves nothing to the imagination, and…

Tech News Haroon Malik Mar 9

Eee PC Getting Major Revisions: Intel Processors, Windows XP, Bigger SSDs and More

Joanna over at Laptop Mag just published an interview she held with Jerry Shen, Asus’ CEO. She questioned him regarding the future of the Eee PC, and he sure did outline some interesting plans for future revisions. Jump for the lowdown on what Jerry Shen had to say. • Although we already knew the 8.9-inch…

Tech News Haroon Malik Mar 9

Everex CloudBook’s Old-School Answer to Digital Photo Frames

Everex just got photo-friendly in a strangely retro way: PhotoFair is a clear plastic plate that clamps on to the CloudBook‘s top, allowing you to “store and display photos, documents and other printed materials.” As in, physically stash printed-out documents. It’s a bit unusual in the LCD age, but unlike the digital alternative—Windows SideShow, for…

Tech News Wilson Rothman Mar 3

Vista Capable Sticker Lawsuit Becomes Class Action

Remember the lawsuit filed a little while ago against Microsoft because PCs with “Windows Vista Capable” stickers weren’t actually all that Vista Capable? A federal judge just granted that suit class action status, meaning that if you bought a Vista “Capable” PC during the 2006 Holidays, you might be in store to get a little…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 26

EU Skeptical of Microsoft’s Open Grizzly Bear Embrace

Microsoft’s sudden embrace of interoperability and openness is a big change of tune from the tightly puckered song of the past right? Well, the EU says they’ve heard it all before—at least four times. And while EU regulators breathing down Ballmer’s neck is undoubtedly one of the reasons for the shift—you know, aside from remaining…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Feb 21

Microsoft Goes Open, Won’t Sue Open Source Developers Either

Reading the writing that’s on the wall, Microsoft is going to play nice with open source. They’ve laid out for new interoperability principles for their biggest products: Vista, Office 2007, Server 2008 (plus some more bizzy wares) and “all future versions of these products.” Their new get-along principles are “ensuring open connections; promoting data portability;…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Feb 21

Windows Vista SP1 Available for Some People, Apparently

Updated: it was real, but Microsoft has pulled the update. According to Hexus.net, the widely-pirated but not-officially-available-yet Windows Vista Service Pack 1 is now ready for download… for some users. The site points out that the update popped today in one of their 64-bit Windows Vista Home Premium systems. https://gizmodo.com/vista-sp1-leaked-to-bittorrent-353767 Today however, Windows Update tells…

Tech News Jesus Diaz Feb 21

Windows XP Service Pack 3 RC2 Available Now

Those of you still on Windows XP (quite a few of you) are probably on XP because you don’t feel the need to upgrade to Vista. But if you’re still into getting some new features and bug fixes for your OS, check out the release candidate of Service Pack 3. RC2 means it’s still not…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 20

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 Runs Windows Mobile 6.1

The chaps over at Terminal.hu have just managed to get hold of some exclusive Xperia X1 images. The new pictures show the device will be running the yet-to-be-announced Windows Mobile 6.1 OS, and that explains why we weren’t allowed a thorough hands-on at Mobile World Congress 2008. That may not be a shocker, but the…

Tech News Haroon Malik Feb 17

Give WiFi Leechers Computer Rage With Executable Command Fun

WiFi leechers can be a real pain in the ass; they’d happily eat up your bandwidth even if you told them your life depended on it, which given our social existence, it pretty much does. The guys over at Ex Parrot have come up with a great plan to serve up some ice cold revenge…

Tech News Haroon Malik Feb 17

Lightway OLED Shutters Could Mean It’s Curtains for Curtains

Louvered shutters may not be everyone’s idea of a great time, but Damian Savio’s spangly, light-up version sure is mine. The 23-year-old industrial design student designed them for his final-year show at the University of Western Sydney. Using OLEDs and advance transparent Photovoltaic Nanoscale technology, the Lightway shutters allow the sunlight in during the day,…

Tech News AddyDugdale Feb 14

Mossberg Reviews Vista SP1: “Don’t Expect Much From It”

Today, Mossberg takes a look at the lukewarmly anticipated Service Pack 1 for Windows Vista. It’s an odd little beast of a review, its flat, monotonal surface covering a bed of barbs. (Most of ’em are true.) Here’s the sharpest one (bold is mine): SP1 doesn’t resolve some of the most annoying flaws in Vista,…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Feb 13

MyNetflix Media Center Plug-In Turns Your PC Into a True Netflix Box

Anthony Park’s MyNetflix plug-in for Vista Media Center is an awesome little add-on that lets you do pretty much anything you want with Netflix from within MC. You can add or subtract movies from your queue, sort through your history and recs, browse top movies by genre, etc., and here’s the killer part: Browse and…

Tech News Matt Buchanan Feb 11

HTC P3470 Smartphone with GPS, Edge, Launches in Europe at WMC 2008

Europe is getting first dibs on the P3470, the new Windows Mobile 6 phone from HTC. Boasting GPS, the P3470 comes with TomTom pre-installed, a 1GB Micro SD card and 350 minutes of talk time, but there’s one ru-roh: no 3G or Wi-Fi. Full specs, plus pricing and availability below the gallery. Key features *…

Tech News AddyDugdale Feb 11

Question of the Day: What Don’t You Like About Vista?

We all know that Vista’s the most hated OS since Windows ME, what with even NEC making an official “Vista downgrade program”, but is it really that bad? It doesn’t quite crash on a daily basis like WinME did, despite having lackluster driver support for older devices, and it’s not really all that sluggish if…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 7

HTC Shift UMPC Finally Going on Sale in Europe on February 19

It’s been almost a year since we first saw the HTC Shift, the fold-up Windows Vista and Windows Mobile-capable UMPC with a pretty decently-sized keyboard. The touchscreen device is finally getting a release date of sorts from the European Expansys retailer on February 19 at a launch price of 1185 Euros ($1720). That’s right, it’s…

Tech News Jason Chen Feb 7

Vista Box Needs Instructions to Open

Oh Microsoft, when will you ever live down the Apple comparisons? It’s not all the mactards’ fault, you know—not when you are pulling stunts like this. Seriously, you have a “How To” page showing customers “how to” open the Vista software packaging—and it’s a 3-step process. The Windows Vista box opens with a swing-out section…

Tech News Mark Wilson Feb 1

vLite Windows Vista Stripper Removes Bloat (a.k.a. Applications)

Do you think Windows Vista is bloated? (I don’t.) A tool called vLite lets you pick and choose which one of the built-in applications (Windows Mail, Windows Media Player, Windows Photo Viewer, etc.) you want to remove for good. Nuhagic, the creator, says that he’s not just ripping out Vista’s guts to save hard drive…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 29

Rumor Smashed: Windows 7 Not Coming in 2009

Leaked footage of Windows 7 may have hit the internet last week, but the rumor that it’s going to be released ahead of schedule in 2009 seems very unlikely, according to a Microsoft email. WinVistaClub, being the Windows fans that they are, asked Microsoft for clarification on Windows 7 being moved up due to poor…

Tech News Jason Chen Jan 28

Video Footage of Windows 7 Ultimate Leaked?

We already heard news about the next-gen Windows OS, Windows 7 Ultimate. Well, the fellows at Think Next are offering up a video, which they claim shows the “Milestone 1 code drop,” all in shaky video glory. Check it out by hitting the video above. https://gizmodo.com/windows-7-to-be-released-ahead-of-schedule-346711 The video shown is apparently from a release that…

Tech News Haroon Malik Jan 26

Brando’s Wireless Keyboard has Built-In Touch Pad

Eee PC Getting Major Revisions: Intel Processors, Windows XP, Bigger SSDs and More

Everex CloudBook’s Old-School Answer to Digital Photo Frames

Vista Capable Sticker Lawsuit Becomes Class Action

EU Skeptical of Microsoft’s Open Grizzly Bear Embrace

Microsoft Goes Open, Won’t Sue Open Source Developers Either

Windows Vista SP1 Available for Some People, Apparently

Windows XP Service Pack 3 RC2 Available Now

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 Runs Windows Mobile 6.1

Give WiFi Leechers Computer Rage With Executable Command Fun

Lightway OLED Shutters Could Mean It’s Curtains for Curtains

Mossberg Reviews Vista SP1: “Don’t Expect Much From It”

MyNetflix Media Center Plug-In Turns Your PC Into a True Netflix Box

HTC P3470 Smartphone with GPS, Edge, Launches in Europe at WMC 2008

Question of the Day: What Don’t You Like About Vista?

HTC Shift UMPC Finally Going on Sale in Europe on February 19

Vista Box Needs Instructions to Open

vLite Windows Vista Stripper Removes Bloat (a.k.a. Applications)

Rumor Smashed: Windows 7 Not Coming in 2009

Video Footage of Windows 7 Ultimate Leaked?

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