New Boeing 747-8
Looks like it’s Boeings answer to Airbus A380 but Boeing denies it. Here is the new high-tech Boeing 747-8. Boeing claims it to be the fastest and quitest jumbo to date.
MacBook Pro Battery Flaw
News is in that the Macbook Pro batteries are swelling up and then failing. First generation products are generally known to have flaws but Apple is the last compnay we could expect something like this. There hasn’t been a recall issued yet but Apple is replacing them on a case by case basis.
MacBook finally here!
The wait is finally over for all the ibook lovers who wanted to switch over to Intel. Introducing Macbook the younger brother of MacBook Pro.
Playstation 3 pricing released!
Sony has officially announced the launch date of November 17 and pricing in Australia. The Playstation will be available in 2 flavours: One with a 20GB hard drive and the other with a 60GB hard drive. The 20GB will cost AU$849 (Approx $653 USD) and the 60GB will cost AU$999 (Approx $769 USD). Lets hope there no shortages like the ones that Xbox 360 faced.
Leopard to have Bit Torrent client built in
There are rumors that OSX Leopard will have a Bit Torrent client built in. This would allow users to donate their upload bandwidth for software patches, etc. in exchange for credit like iTunes songs.
DVD Walkman from Sony
A company that has always been at the forefront of technology is a little slow on this one. Sony has introduced the D-VE7000S and DVP-FX810 DVD Walkmans. These walkmans are nothing more than portable DVD players with a 7 inch screen which have long been in the market. Also these DVD Walkmans do not support DivX or Xvid. Do you want one?
Apple Releases Boot Camp
Apple has announced that the upcoming version of OSX will have the ability to boot Windows on Intel Macs. For now it’s called Boot Camp and called be downloaded from here and installed on Tiger. This program partitions your hard drive and then burns a CD with all the drivers needed for Windows. Once installed you just need to press the Option Key (“Alt”) and the Mac gives you a choice of what OS to boot into.
A computer with 24,000 processors
Imagine upgrading your computer to house 24,000 processors. The Energy Department has just ordered such a system for itself. The system will be delivered in 2008 by Cray Inc. of Seattle. It is expected to have 24,000 2.6Ghz quadcore AMD processors, with 187 to 400 terabytes of memory. This system is also expected to break the 1 PetaFlop (1 Quadrillion) floating point calculation per second. Just a thought, will Windows Server support this system?
Looking for Windows Drivers?
Here is one site where you could download windows drivers. Although they wouldn’t have all the drivers but the list is huge. The drivers have been split into categories like graphics drivers, lan drivers, sound drivers, wireless drivers, etc. Check it out at DriverPacks.net
Sony DVD Changer for Media Center PC’s
Sony has come up with their VGP-XL1B2 DVD Changer which can store up to 200 DVD’s. This changer can be used with Media Center 2005 Update Rollup 2 and connects via Firewire port. One great feature about this $800.00 unit is that it allows to daisy chain up 4 other changers adding upto a capacity of 1000 DVDs. But wouldn’t it just be easier to store everything on a hard drive or an array of hard drives instead of stacking up 5 changers?