Xbox Has Arrived - again

Many said it wouldn't happen, but Best Buy stores in Canada are confirming that they will have a limited number of Xbox 360 systems in their stores on Friday December 9th. Each store is expected to have a minimum of 10 units and they will be available on a first come, first serve basis to customers when the stores open at 9am. As one of Canada's newest and fastest growing retailers, Best Buy received their fair share of the replenishment product that Microsoft has been able to supply, which is great news for anyone that missed out on launch day. more...

Hitachi Presents Miniature Hard Drives -- the New ''Bling''

While the ultimate fashion accessory of recent popular culture is flashy jewelry -- known by its street name "bling" -- Hitachi Global Storage Technologies is today saying high-capacity, miniature hard drives are the new "bling" for their ubiquity and desirability among the consumer digerati (see "Hard Drive is the New Bling" video at http://www.hitachigst.com/harddrivebling). Hitachi's latest "bling" are the industry's smallest one-inch and lightest 1.8-inch hard drive, introduced in concept earlier this year under the monikers Mikey and Slim.

Microsoft Helps China to Censor Bloggers

Take a heed fellow bloggers. Now, its China who's next? This is worth talking about, it's for all of us bloggers - our rights.

..."Civil liberties groups have condemned an arrangement between Microsoft and Chinese authorities to censor the internet.

The American company is helping censors remove "freedom" and "democracy" from the net in China with a software package that prevents bloggers from using these and other politically sensitive words on their websites..." READ MORE

Nokia Sensor Application Brings Personal Pages to Phones

Nokia today introduced the Nokia Sensor, a phone software application that offers a new, exciting way for people to create information and share it with other phone users nearby. With Nokia Sensor, users can create personal pages on their phone, including text and graphics. Nokia Sensor users can also check out the pages of other Sensor users in their vicinity, exchange messages and share files with them. The Nokia Sensor application works over Bluetooth wireless technology, providing connectivity within a range of up to 10 meters from the mobile device. Nokia Sensor is free of charge.

Nokia Sensor is now available for a number of Nokia products including the Nokia 3230, 6260, 6600, 6620, 6630, 6670, 6680, 6681, 6682, and 7610. Nokia Sensor can also be downloaded to PC or directly to the phone from http://www.nokia.com/sensor. A full list of Nokia Sensor's features is available on the website.

Toshiba Prides its Smallest Hard Disk Drive

Toshiba Corp.- Japanese electronics manufacturer will release a 4-gigabyte hard disk drive that can turn new cell phones into hand-held recording studios. At 0.85 inch, it is the world's smallest hard disk drive, company sources said. It will be able to store more than 1,000 songs, about the same capacity as Apple Computer, Inc.'s popular iPod mini, the Asahi Shimbun reported Monday.

Mobile phones incorporating the hard disk drives are expected to be marketed by autumn, sources said. The memory capacity is about 100 times that of memory chips conventionally used in mobile phones. Two drives can be installed, for a total of 8 gigabytes. However, Toshiba plans to increase the capacity of a single drive to 8 gigabytes, the sources said.

Sony PS3 to Launch Without a Hard Drive?

Listen up play station gamers out there, i have the latest buzz for you about Sony Play Station 3. It was rumored that instead of the new Sony Playstation 3 would come with an integrated hard drive, there might be another strategy.

Speaking in the latest issue of the Japanese magazine Famitsu, Sony Computer Entertainment's chief technology officer Masayuki Chatani says the company has "not decided" whether they would include a hard disk drive in the Sony Playstation 3 package to be launch next spring.

Chatani also added that users may want to add or upgrade their own hard drives for larger storage than Sony could offer - implicating doubts that hard drives would be a part of the overall package for the PlayStation 3 launch.

Star Wars: Episode III Leakage Spread in the Internet

The final chapter of the saga has gone over the internet's dark side. According to the source, Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith has been leaked onto a major file-sharing network just hours after opening in theatres. Copies of the film which was first shown in theatres earlier have been posted to the BitTorrent file-sharing network – a new and increasingly popular technology that allows users to download larger files much more quickly.

According to website Waxy.org, a print was leaked and the movie was watermarked with timecodes on every frame, the workprint was made available as a DVD-R by a pirate group named VISA (interesting huh?). I wonder when the DVD or HDTV version is coming out. Any idea folks?

Note: I have watched the (real)movie and no doubt it was excellent(two thumbs up to George Lucas)! Besides, nothing beats the original.:)

First Mobile Ring Tone Hits Top of UK Charts

London - The first ever in the history of mobile ringtones to hit the chart is the Crazy Frog mobile phone ring tone. Crazy Frog shot straight to the top of the British singles chart on Sunday. Subject to it's popularity early this year, Crazy Frog also aroused repulsion as the Advertising Standards Authority received complaints from viewers who not only objected to the frog's visible genitalia but also the frequency of the television spots. read more...

My new Sony Ericsson K700i

I just got my Sony Ericsson K700i! Yup, it's so cool and i loveeeeeee it! Sony Ericsson K700i: a tri-band GSM/GPRS, Bluetooth-equipped compact phone with a built-in VGA camera and an FM radio.

The K700i measures a compact 46.5mm wide by 99mm deep by 19.5mm high and weighs 93g. It has a brushed aluminium finish and is described as a 'dual front' device: one side looks like a phone, with its 16-bit, 176-by-220-pixel TFT display, mini-joystick and keypad; the other side looks like a digital camera, with its 4X digital zoom lens.

As well as tri-band (900/1800/1900MHz) GSM and GPRS for wide-area communications, the K700i has Bluetooth and infrared for short-range wireless connectivity. Talk time is rated at 7 hours, standby time at 300 hours.

The K700i's built-in VGA-resolution camera features a 4X digital zoom, along with a photo light for better exposure in low-light environments. You can also capture video clips to the device's 32MB of memory. Images and clips can be distributed via MMS or email using Sony Ericsson's QuickShare application.

The First Ever NoteBook with Built-in Camera!

Hi folks! I have a hot news offering for all techies out there! Ever heard of the latest launched in notebook computers? Introducing the ECS G220 - looks great with its sleek, ultra-slim notebook designed for on-the-go, fashion-conscious people who need to stay in touch and want to stay in style. Perfect and at home on crowded airport lounge, café or paneled boardroom. ECS G220 is also equipped with a Built in 1.3 Mega Pixel Camera.

“The first-ever notebook with a built-in 1.3-mega pixel camera, this dual spindle notebook combines powerful performance, superb connectivity and outstanding wireless capabilities with second generation mobile micro architecture Intel processors for extended mobile operations, all in a light, lithe package that will fit in many handbags.”

"This highly mobile, wireless notebook is packed with all the power and features you'll need to get the every job done!" MORE

Are Bloggers Protected by Publishing News Articles?

As our old folks always reminds us when we were kids,"Honey, you shouldn't do this" or "Kids, don't do that...", sounds familiar? Well yes, for me at least. When I was planning on what relevant content should I publish in this section, I thought of getting (or what's the right term, copying?) ideas/topics on the internet. Why so? Well, it must be easier right? But a sudden realization popped out in the corner of my mind. Was it Safe? What if someone sue me??? For the heck of it, I decided to research the world wide web. Eureka! I found it! (Hmm... don't I sound pretty much excited here? i know, i know... 'k back to the real world). Fellow bloggers, I think this is it, I have come to the right place and here's to share the intro, "The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Web loggers, website operators and e-mail list editors can't be held responsible for libel for information they republish, extending crucial First Amendment protections to do-it-yourself online publishers." and quote this "no provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider." Yup folks, we are free as a bird!(I think). But still, we should always be responsible and take considerations of all our actions. Also we have to keep in mind that as long as we know what we're doing and we don't step on others foot, we'll be fine.

Ofcourse I will not end this post without sharing you the link. Believe me this site is a very heplful link on what and how to post relevant and informative topics in the internet world. Check it here.

What's the Hottest??

Everyone's getting crazy about new technology today. From the latest craze on game gadgets, cellphones, PDA's, laptops, digital camera's, televisions, digital storage, smallest hard drives, most powerful disk drives etc., there could only be one wish - to get the newest and the latest of them all! I can only imagine how cellphone manufacturing companies easily transform of their products every month boasting their latest innovations. Oh my, when i bought my cellphone (NOKIA 2100), i thought it was the coolest but as of this very minute i realize that my handphone is a complete trash seeing the trendiest and the hippiest phone commercials on television(wanna know what my dream phone is?), the newest(not even sure if this is still new by the time you're reading this post) Motorola razr v3!! I wish i could have one (yeah, i know, in my dreams!!!!).