Category Archives: Technology
Why The World Run In 2.4Ghz?
Have you ever curious why most wireless gadget have a 2.4Ghz sticker on it? Does the one with a 5Ghz sticker runs twice as fast? I was at a local electronic store (Fry’s) the other day and the salesperson convince … Continue reading
Amazon Unveils $.99 Fox And ABC TV Show Purchases. Apple Fanboys say what?
Amazon just announced that its Video on demand service will be serving up $.99 ABC and Fox TV episode for OWN. for 99 cents you can OWN the episode from Amazon instead of renting it on Apple TV. Plus, it’s … Continue reading
Analyzing The Latest Apple Product
Tom’s hardware posted an very good article on the latest round of Apple products announced in Sept 2010. Their take is “ Apple stating that they have no idea what to invent next, but they try to do something new … Continue reading
The New Apple TV Is Disappointing
Apple has revealed its new, streaming-only Apple TV. And it’s just 1/4 the size of the old one. The new version will pack built-in power supply, HDMI, ethernet, and 802.11n wireless, priced down to $99. Honestly, I am not very … Continue reading
Rumor: Intel Cutting Core i7 950 Price By Half
If you are shopping for a computer you may want to hold off for a few weeks. Rumor is Intel going to slashed the price of Core i7 950 price from $600 to $294. The rumor is Intel slashed the … Continue reading
600G SSD just around the corner?
Intel and Micron have announced the delivery of 3-bit-per-cell (3bpc, or TLC for triple-level-cell) NAND flash memory on 25-nanometer process technology. Traditionally, NAND stores one bit (single-level cell) or two bits (multi-level cell). The device is more than 20 percent … Continue reading
iPhone4 Ringtones Collections 1
Here is the first collection of my ringtones files. There are 35 ringtones in this collection most of them are Chinese songs with some video games songs mix in. They all have been converted to work in iPhone 4 and … Continue reading
PC Games Slow Death?
People has been debating this for years but I think the latest sales number kind of put a nail into it. One of the poster child PC game of the 2010 got to be Starcraft II. Don’t get me wrong, … Continue reading
Video from Tokyo Toy Show 2010
The International Tokyo Toy Show just wrap up in Japan at the Big Sight. Here are a few clips from the show. Because of the video games market, the show scope is getting smaller by the years. Only 158K attendants … Continue reading
3G Video Call on iPhone 4 with Fring
Want to use video call but can’t get it to works because of iPhone WiFi limitation. You will want to give the application Fring a try. It is not as polish as Facetime but at least it works. However you … Continue reading
How to Rebuild the Orb Media Database
ORB does works well and it is nice to have your collection of TV and Movies with you on the go. But it is not a very well polish S/W for sure. One of the more annoying “features” is its … Continue reading
How To Make ORB Work on AT&T 3G iPhone 4
If you use ORB to watch your home TVs like I do than most likely you have already found out it does not working after you move to iPhone 4. In iPhone4, ORB will works fine in WiFi connection but … Continue reading
Rumors: Apple Secretly Fixing the Antenna Problem
We are not talking about the newly released patches which use a new signal formula. A few people have reported into sites like Gizmodo iFixit and iPhoneHacks that their newer iPhone has a “matted” stainless steel band instead of a … Continue reading
iPhone 4 Facetime Is a Waste of Time and Money
The new Facetime feature in iPhone 4 is a good idea but Apple doing it completely wrong. Beside requiring both phones to be connected to WiFi (which reduce the usability by at least 50%). It also require a series of … Continue reading
Solved The iPhone 4 WiFi Connection Problem
Picked up a a cheap $20 WiFi router from Frys which seems to resolve the iPhone WiFi connection problem. Funny part is iPhone fail to connect to higher grade hardware and prefer the low end stuff. I think the trick … Continue reading
Sanyo Launches First Rice Bread Cooker
Sanyo has launched the world’s first cooker that can turn rice grains into bread — an innovation that it hopes will be a hit across Asia. The machine can mill a cup of rice grains into rice flour, then mixes … Continue reading
iPhone 4 WiFi Connection Problem
Playing with my iPhone 4 for the past 48 hrs. It is slightly better compare to my old 3G but it is VERY buggy. I am not talking about minor edge case issues here, some of the very BASIC phone … Continue reading
$200 Ray Gun
Well not really a death ray but for $200 you can get yourself a 1W blue laser from Wicked Lasers. Yes I know you can go pick up the parts and build your own for less than $200 but you … Continue reading
Why AT&T Is Playing Nice For Once?
AT&T’s upgrade offer for iPhone 4 is "generous," as Steve Jobs put it. Any iPhone owner eligible for an upgrade any time this year can upgrade immediately—up to six months early. But maybe you shouldn’t. It seems clear that AT&T … Continue reading
Gigabyte Mobo Can Feed (or Fry) CPU With 1500W
Earlier this month, Gigabyte debuted its flagship motherboard, the X58-based UD9. At the time, the company talked up its "Unlocked Power" with its full 24 power phases, dual power switching, and 4-way graphics support for both SLI and CrossFireX – … Continue reading
Everything You Want To Know About Online Porn
A research group Online MBA published some interesting data about online pornography: 12% (24,644,172) of the websites are pornographic. Every second $3,075.64 USD is being spend for online pornography. Every second 28,258 internet users are viewing pornography materials. 40 million … Continue reading
Look like AT&T Don’t Want Your Business
AT&T has announced the long-awaited tethering option will be made officially available when iPhone OS 4 (and, presumably, a new hardware model) arrive in June. Now the catch, it’s a $20 add-on to a new data plan that drops the … Continue reading
Badass Rubber Band Gun
Some Japanese guy make this super serious rubber band gun. His day job involves metal working, so he has the knowledge needed to make some pretty badass rubber band guns. His most advanced weapon is a rubber band machine gun, … Continue reading
Netbook is finally ready?
Most of you know I have not jump into the netbook train because IMHO the current batch of netbook are all under power machines. But look like the situation is changing. The new EEE{C 1215 looks very promising. The ASUS … Continue reading
A bit too much?
Tokyoflash does have some cool watches but I think their latest pocket watch is a bit over kill. Let use the photo as an example: It is relatively easy to tell the hours – It is 10 o’clock (The … Continue reading