Microsoft released a free software called “Mouse Without Borders” which allows you running multiple computers with one keyboard and mouse like Synergy. But the “Mouse Without Borders” brings a lot of cool features and an easy setup.
Right O… Iv been looking for this god like application for some time now. As an avid lover my my Microsoft (Sigh) Windows (Sigh) Vista (Sigh) Media Center machine, im often in a position where i need a quick reinstall, or im creating a new build for another house machine, family machine, test machine etc etc..
If you’ve ever been in this position too, then its obvious that microsoft has missed out on a great opportunity to throw out one of their leogondary (usually buggy) powertools to create backups of all your scheduled recordings, channel listings, etc !
well, the days of dreaming are finally over, and here we go…
Ian Dixon over at The Digital Lifestyle has created and released (some time ago, 2007, sigh) a beta of a program which does all the following ;
Features:
Get over there and download it now !
Well, another WWDC over and out (is it just me or does that name conjour up images of Hulk Hogan smashing iMacs over someones head in a cage match… okay its just me then :)
well, all things being equal, i cant say i really cared about much that was announced at the WWDC, new macbooks (their just faster, whoop), built in SD card slot (sorry, but i prefer the ExpressCard slot, had some options what i could stick in there, extra firewire, external graphics, Memory card reader, my finger, etc)…
The biggest shout out in my opinion had to goto the official notice of Snow Leopard, looking really nice for a quick release, with its built in exchange support (watch out Windows 7, not even you do that lol, and its your software hehe), and full 64-bit architecture we might finally see a apple kicking into the business workspace for real (cus lets face it, Microsoft entourage is a piece of sh*t… memory sucking sh*t)… and at the price of Snow Leopard, it might even be worth ordering a nice shiney disk instead of the casual download (words of anti-piracy advise for all you nasty pirates out there ;)
and not onto my new pet peeve, iPhone 3G ‘s’… yup, this little puppy is kinda annoying, for all the nice features of the new iPhone, lets throw some consideration towards those poor iPhone 3G users (ME) who have just been told that they can have copy and paste, and a rotating keyboard, but if they want the nice new ‘cool’ feature of voice control (which i used to use quite a bit on my old Sony K800i) then i gotta start looking to the bank balence again…. Apple are inevitably gonna say the same thing they did with the gesture pad on the macBooks, ‘its a hardware based chip doing it’, WHY… if my touchpad understands they im giving it the old two fingers, surley it can understand how im moving them, do it in software you shmuc’s, we got RAM and processor cycles lying around doing squat, your telling me we cant spare a couple of hundered to monitor what im doing with my touchpad…
And the same really goes for this new iPhone voice control, i GUARENTEE that within 3 months of the 3.0 iPhone launch, some developer will of made an iPhone app (available within CYDIA) which will allow iPhone 3G users to do exactly that (the same as my MMS app which is doing exactly what apple cant do, for the mere few pounds it cost me)… id bet money on that, it might not look as pretty, or have some apple monkey on stage talking about it, but it will do the job, it will most likely be free and will prob be much more customizable !
Sorry Apple, I have a MacBook Pro, Mac Pro, iPhone 3G and you still consistantly dissapoint me at times, stop trying to reinvent the wheel, if another business who has been doing this for years (Nokia, Sony, Siemens, etc) have features such as MMS, Copy and Paste, good cameras then why was has it taken you this long to think they might be worth incorporating… Rule of development for revolutionary product [Everone elses good ideas] + [Your brilliant ideas] + [Industry standary technology (3G, MMS, Copy/Paste, Camera, Flash, Long Battery)] = YOUR NEW PRODUCT… Apples way of doing things [Our brilliant ideas] = somewhat lacking product !
Well, thats enough ranting, only to add one last thing, has anyone else noticed that the estimated battery life on the new iPhone 3GS is virtually identical to the old one, whats the bet that this one is gonna be just as crap on battery (aka, JuiceBox requirement) or they actually got it right this time… personally i think with the new higher power processor were all still gonna be looking to get some solar pannels stuck on the roof of our cars…
Over and Out….
P.S taking bets now that the tom tom is more expensive than the phone lol… and i love the ‘enhanced GPS’, that is a classic statement… read between the lines ‘tom tom said our GPS was shit, so they made their own’ lol
UPDATE : Looks like their is already an app out there (http://www.adelavoice.com/voicedialer/) so lets just give a shout out to apple for still not letting backgroud apps do the work they wanna charge us more for !
CubeCheater—a Rubik cube solver in 20 moves—is one of those iPhone applications that make you smile when you see it in action because it is simply pure genius. This is how it works.
• First you have to tell the app the state of your Rubik’s cube.
• You can do this with two methods: Either painting the faces of the cube or, better yet, taking a photo of each of the faces.
• The program will analyze the faces and, after a few seconds, it will tell you the solution step by step, using a 3D interface.
Well its that time about, CES 2009 is about to kick off….
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) represents one of the years largest tradeshows where some of the biggest badest Gadget producers all come togeather to show off what their R&D departments have been cooking up behind hidden doors…
Among this heavyweight collection is Apple, who are rumored to be releaseing all sorts of new goodies, including the long awaited new Mac Mini (whoo, thats my birthday presant sorted out hehe)… and a new 17″ Macbook Pro !
Engadget have been awarded the illustrious title of official blog site for the CES event and have set up a newsubdomain on their site to detail out the latest new and reviews as they happen, check it out at http://ces.engadget.com/
If your lucky enough to be in the vacinity of Las Vegas over the next few days and have some money, and time free… head over and check out some of the goodies, opening times below !
Sands Expo and Convention Center/The Venetian*
Thursday, January 8, 2009 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Friday, January 9, 2009 8 a.m. – 5 p .m.
Saturday, January 10, 2009 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Sunday, January 11, 2009 8 a.m. – 3 p.m.
*The Venetian Tower Suites open same hours as the LVCC and Hilton.
Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas Hilton
Venetian Tower Suites
Thursday, January 8, 2009 10 a.m.* – 6 p.m.
Friday, January 9, 2009 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Saturday, January 10, 2009 9 a.m. – 6 p.m.
Sunday, January 11, 2009 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.
*South Hall opens at 9 a.m.
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