t e c h i e - t a l k s ::: technology at its best

The Firefox web browser has no need of an introduction. It has come a long way and over time, becomes a replacement browser for the bloated Internet Explorer. Lighter, cleaner and customizable with the myriad of plug-ins and skins, there’s no reason to turn back to IE (unless the webpage only supported IE … GAH!).
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Microsoft’s decision to hold back Vista SP1 from IT professionals has caused a deluge of complaints on the TechNet blog, which Microsoft has swiftly silenced. Although PC manufacturers have been given access to copies of the software, IT professionals will have to wait until March when the update will also be released to home users.
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Many of us have already snapped this swanking gadget by Apple, despite its bugs and its locked-in mechanism. We managed to look pass these drawbacks and be mersmerized by its beauty and ingenuity. I must say, the Apple iPhone is a piece of art. But if you are amongst those who haven’t own this piece […]

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A single computer that handles all your internet instructions; It could also probably store all the information that exists in the virtual world. Sounds like an AI from a SCI-FI book. But dreaming big, IBM looks to host entire internet on a single modified Blue Gene supercomputer.
Thomas Watson, founder of IBM, is oft misquoted as […]

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Infoworld had run the SAVE XP campaign last month to combat Microsoft’s decision in ceasing its production of Windows XP from June 30th this year thus, forcing users (Windows users) to move to the ever-problematic Vista. In the various revisions of Windows OS, Windows XP has by far the most secured Windows operating system (although […]

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Apple has announced that they will upgrade the memory size of new generation iPhones to 16GB and iPod Touch to 32GB. Although a bigger memory space will definitely benefit most users with more space for music, videos and photos but it does come with an added premium cost. An iPhone with 16GB will be priced […]

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Latest on the Google vs. Microsoft fight to get Yahoo — For the first time in the company’s history, the multi-billion dollar company is actually planning to borrow money to fund the move on buying over Yahoo! It seems that Microsoft is planning to break the bank for Yahoo.
When Microsoft first announced its plan to […]

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CNET ran an article on the toughest gadgets ever made. Nintendo Gameboy was voted the hardiest game console of all time. I can’t agree more! I still remember the time when my trusty Gameboy dropped from two storeys down the staircase and it barely had a scratch.

How did Gameboy get so tough? It was rumoured […]

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Linux creator Linus Torvalds admits to being unimpressed by Vista, but believes Leopard is “scary”. “I think Leopard is a much better system. On the other hand, OS X in some ways is actually worse than Windows to program for,” Torvalds tells the Sydney Morning Herald. “Its file system is complete and utter […]

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Please spread the message. A recent phishing-like e-mail is going around and if users aren’t careful, their MSN account can be hacked! I recently received an e-mail on my hotmail account (which is my MSN account) which read:
Sender: xyz@hotmail.com (where xyz is in your MSN list)
Tittle: Somebody has blocked you on MSN messenger
Message:
 
You’re Blocked!
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