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ATI unveils Radeon HD 6870 and HD 6850

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Canon announces EOS 600D / T3i

February 8th, 2011 sylv3rblade

Canon announces EOS 600D / T3i

Canon rolls out the update to it’s midrange dSLR range, the Canon EOS 600D / T3i.  It features an 18-megapixel sensor, full HD 1080p video recording.  Sounds familiar?  Yep, you bet, that’s the same spec as Canon’s 2010 midrange DSLR model, the Canon EOS 550D / T2i.  Seems like Canon is sticking to it’s yearly incremental updates for this particular line of camera which is both a good thing and a bad thing (especially if you’ve just bought a 550D).

Looking at the spec sheet, yes, they’re basically the same cameras with minor differences to set them apart (hence an incremental update).  What sets the 600D apart is the vari-angled LCD similar to the EOS 60D and Nikon D5000, Built-in wireless flash control and several software improvements taken from the 60D like Basic+, a creative imaging function which makes it easier to create the desired image effects when shooting a scene.

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Canon announces T3 EOS 1100D

February 7th, 2011 sylv3rblade

Canon announces T3 / EOS 1100D

Canon has unveiled the successor to it’s 1000D entry level DSLR, the Canon T3 or Canon EOS 1100D. The EOS 1100D is equipped with a 12MP CMOS sensor and Digic 4 processor, allowing it to record 720p HD video. It features a 9-point AF sensor previously used in more expensive models and the iFCL color-sensitive metering sensor similar to it’s bigger brother, the EOS 7D.

Aside from improvements on the camera, the EOS 1100D’s kit lens also receives an upgrade, with the new EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS Il.

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Sony Ericsson announces Xperia Play launch date

February 7th, 2011 sylv3rblade

Sony Ericsson announces XperiaPlay launch date

After the long wait, Sony has finally acknowledged the existence of the Xperia Play AKA PlayStation Phone (or PSP Phone) with the slogan “Android is ready to play.” A fitting mantra if I ever heard one. Still, official technical details are still kept mum until Mobile World Congress event on February 13 so this is more than just a paper announcement (lol, not even a paper launch?).

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Opera Browser 11.01 Now available

February 1st, 2011 sylv3rblade

Opera has released Opera Browser 11.01 final for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and FreeBSD operating system. As it is a new stable release, Opera 11.01 includes lots of security fixes and stability improvements as well as some mouse gesture tweaking.

Security fixes and stability improvements include:

  • Support for window.DOMStringList object of the W3C DOM3 DOMStringList Interface.
  • Translation updates added throughout the user interface (UI).
  • Various mouse gesture sensitivity and recognition issues.
  • Fixed display and scripting issues.
  • Removed support for “javascript:” URLs in CSS -o-link values, to make it easier for sites to filter untrusted CSS.
  • Updated the HushMail mailproviders entry.
  • Added MobileMe Mail-me.com-to mail providers.
  • Now possible to open the mail panel as a tab when only using feeds.
  • The appearance of the signature editor.
  • HTML replying and forwarding format.
  • Added Opera Portable/USB for Mac and single profile.
  • Enabled the Mac OS File Quarantine.

More information and changelog at the Opera 11.01 release notes.

Download Opera 11.01 for Windows – Opera_11.01_en_Setup.exe
Download Opera 11.01 for Mac OS X – Opera_11.01_Setup.dmg

Opera 11.01 for Linux x86-64, Linux PowerPC, Linux i386, FreeBSD i386 and FreeBSD AMD64 is also available in Debian package, RPM package tar.gz or tar.bz2 from opera.com.

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Opera Browser coming to a Sony Product near you

January 21st, 2011 sylv3rblade

Sony and Opera have teamed up to spice up your living room-bound web browsing experience by integrating the Opera Web Browser into Sony BRAVIA televisions and Blu-ray Disc (TM) players (no word if this includes the PS3).

Of course, having Opera on your device won’t replace the one on your PC/smartphone/laptop with the support of a mouse/trackpad/touchscreen, but it’s a positive development considering we spend most of our time online. Just think, no more handing over your PC just so your friends/relatives/etc need to check or update their facebook status. Now with that in mind, will it support flash (for farmville-y folks)? No word on that yet but we’ll update as soon as more info is out.

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Dropbox gives away additional 1GB storage via DropQuest 2011

January 18th, 2011 sylv3rblade

I personally love the digital storage service that is Dropbox. It allows you to store files online and sync them up with all your computers, regardless of platform, share files publicly or privately (with other dropbox users) and more.

To celebrate and of course reward their users, Dropbox has started an online scavenger hunt to reward us with an additional GB of storage. For the next two weeks, you can simply hop in the quest answering questions, solve puzzles, and poking around the entire drop box site and earning additional storage for your Dropbox account.

Now, one gig isn’t really that much but since free accounts get just 2GB initially, it’s a great way to boost your account and entertain yourself at the same time.

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HowTo: Disable/Remove Gmail Web Clips/Ads

January 17th, 2011 sylv3rblade

HowTo: Disable/Remove Gmail Web Clips/Ads

Gmail has become the defacto email service for most of us online netizens, but at times, Web Clips, the rotating ads/RSS reader atop your emails can be annoying.  Yes it’s just a single line of text, whereas other email services give you half a screen of ads to look, but its always nice to have the option to keep your email account as clean as possible.

What does Google Mail Web Clips actually display?  As mentioned earlier, Web clips auto-rotates content as you’re browsing your gmail account, displaying contents from RSS feeds, Google Ads, Gmail tips, and custom contents.

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Nvidia ships One Billionth GeForce chip

January 15th, 2011 sylv3rblade

2011 is shaping up to be a good year for Nvidia as the company reaches the one billionth GeForce GPU milestone mark. Note that the achievement states 1 billion GPUs shipped, not just manufactured.

Who knows how many chips Nvidia currently has :) .

Nvidia sends it’s thanks to everyone of it’s customers and to it’s new partner, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC).

The company shares a few interesting facts about the size of 1 billion GPUs:

If you lined the chips all up in a row

* They would wrap around the world more than twice
* They’d stretch across 315,000 American Football fields or 275,000 Soccer fields
* You’d need the entire population of Shanghai, China standing on each others’ shoulders to match it

Now if only Nvidia offered a price drop to celebrate I’ll switch in no time :) .

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Notion Ink’s Adam in pictures

January 13th, 2011 sylv3rblade

Notion Ink's Adam in pictures

One of the most awaited Tablet Projects, Notion Ink’s Adam has posed for the camera at CES 2011.

The Adam will be available in multiple configurations, and unlike most tablets which rely on local carriers to get distributed, the Adam will be available straight from Notion Ink to be shipped wherever you are around the world.  Shipping charges will apply though so be forwarned.

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Motorola unveils Atrix 4G smartphone

January 12th, 2011 sylv3rblade

Motorola unveils Atrix 4G smartphone

Motorola stole the crowd when it unveiled it’s new stylish Android-powered smartphone, the Motorola Atrix 4G. The Atrix 4G sports a 4-inch qHD display, dual-core Tegra 2 processors, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage (capable of expanding up to 48GB), Android 2.2 froyo (upgradable to Gingerbread) and Motoblur.

What made the Atrix a darling of the CES floor is it’s accessories that included docks that can transform your Atrix 4G to a desktop or a notebook. There’s also an HD dock that allows you to connect your Atrix 4G to display HD video, pictures, etc on your television.

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