Archive for November, 2009

Try out new Google Search design

The screenshot of Google search that you see above is real. The rumor of Google’s redesign of it’s age-old yet simple-looking search engine is as real as it gets. Want to join in? Then try this:

Internet Explorer SmartScreen blocks 2 million malicious URLs daily

The Internet Explorer line might be the bane of developers the world over but there’s no denying that it’s latest incarnation is better than it’s predecessors in more ways than one. One aspect that Internet Explorer 8 shines is security, it’s the safest version of Internet Explorer to date. Yes, it’s less secure than your [...]

How To Turn Off Post Revision In WordPress

Wordpress has added the post revision feature on version 2.6 of their blogging software. If you’ve ever wonder how it works and why you should be worried about it, here’s why: Every time a post on your blog is edited, it creates a new row on the wp_posts table. To put that into perspective, If [...]

Mininova deletes illegal content, goes legit

After facilitating the easy take down of copyright infringing files, Mininova has removed ALL of it’s usual content from it’s search listings.  Poof.  Nada.  Zip.  Just like the Pirate Bay outfit (or at least before the TPB acquisition died off), Mininova is going legit and will be tracking (and displaying search results for) content deemed [...]

Download and install Chrome OS

The developer build of Google’s Chrome OS is now up for downloads. with Google explaining that development will be done for this large piece of software in the open from this week on. The Chromium OS project includes Google’s current code base, user interface experiments and some initial designs for ongoing development. If you want [...]

PlayStation 4 concept art

While everyone’s still reeling from news of the PS3 Slim’s release and inevitable disassembly, designer Tai Chiem think it’s about time to jump forward and looking into what’s in stored for the PlayStation 4. Yep, you read that right. It’s a concept for the hardware for the PlayStation 4.

Windows Classic Start Menu With Aero For Windows 7

A lot of us have already tried and fell in love with the new start menu from Windows 7 (well if you’re coming from Vista, it’s not really new now is it?). It’s a functional combination of the age-old start menu that we’ve seen since Windows 95 and a launcher program (just search for your [...]

ATI’s new Radeon 5970 takes the top performance crown

AMD’s latest dual-GPU flagship card has just hit the market and it’s already laying claim to the title of the “the fastest graphics card on the planet”, and with reason. This card packs one hell of a punch!

Fujitsu F-04B cellphone splits in two

Part of NTT DoCoMo’s new line-up for March or April early next year, the Fujitsu F-04B is capable of splitting into two parts. At first glance, the F-04B looks like a typical slider-type phone.  Upon closer examination however, you’ll note that the entire back half of the phone can be pulled off (after decoupling a [...]

Cyrsis Warhead at 7680×1600 on Radeon 5870

That’s quite a bunch of numbers for a title but it pretty much sums up the video posted below. If you’re a big fan of ATI or simply following their current models then you’ve already heard or even read reviews of the Radeon 5XXX line. They’re built better than their 4XXX counterparts, more efficient and [...]