April 26, 2007
 | | Swelling Battery on the 17" MacBook Pro? |
Hardmac claims to be receiving complaints from Apple lovers , who say the battery on the 17" MacBook Pro is swelling - pointing to a possible defective series of batteries.
I am the system administrator of a research lab and I have been facing the "swelling battery" issue. among 4 MacBook Pro 17" Core Duo ordered, three of them had swelling battery, and should be replaced. The first sign of the problem that will lead latter on to the swelling syndrome is the random shunt-down of the notebook when running on battery. sometimes, it can also be identified by a lower reactivity of the trackpad, due to the pressure of the swelling battery.
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 | | The Wii keyboard? |
Gaming gossips believe Nintendo will launch a Wii keyboard. Gossips point to the above picture as evidence.
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 | | 80GB PS3 already here? |
Game gossips claim to have spied a 80GB Playstation 3 for sale. A few weeks Sony stopped production of the 20GB Playstation 3 and announced plans to offer bigger drive capacities.
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April 23, 2007
 | | Xbox 3 revealed in Microsoft Patent? |
Tech gossips speculate on the Xbox 3 after viewing a patent filed by Software giant , Microsoft. The patent shows a "console" (presumably a next-gen XBox) being the central hub of the network, communicating with handheld devices.
A gaming system including handheld devices and console devices has variable functionality and processing performance as determined by the number of components in the system. Gaming components can be combined wirelessly, by wired connections (e.g., via a docking station), or a combination thereof. The processing capabilities and functionality of each gaming component in a combination are augmented by the processing capabilities and functionality of other gaming components in the combination. To take advantage of another gaming components processing capabilities and memory capacity, each gaming component is capable of utilizing another gaming component to process gaming applications. Further, each gaming component is capable of rendering audio and/or video information provided by another gaming component. Also, a gaming component is capable of utilizing another gaming component as an adjunct processor.
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April 19, 2007
Samsung plans to offer a personal navigation device with bluetooth called YP-N1B. The device will come in various models named YP-N1BZB, YP-N1BXB, YP-N1BQB, YP-N1BZW, YP-N1BXW, and YP-N1BQW.
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April 18, 2007
Tech analyst Shaw Wu believes Vodafone will be the European carrier for Apple's iPhone .
Wu cites Vodafone's 200 million subscribers across the continent, plus their broad coverage and investment in new technology as the reason for his claim.
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Digitimes is reporting that High Tech Computer (HTC) is manufacturing Google handsets with shipments at the end of 2007. The makers also said the shipment volume will reach as high as one million units.
The Google handset will support Texas Instruments' (TI) 3G platform and EDGE, pointed out the makers. The handset, however, will not feature GPS functionality. The device will also feature built-in G-mail and Google search.
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April 17, 2007
American Technology analyst Shaw Wu citing sources indicate that a mail-in rebate or carrier subsidy for iPhone of $50-150 is under serious consideration by the Cupertino-based electronics firm.
"We are hearing rebates of $50-150 that will be offered by AT&T to lower the price points for iPhone (currently $499 for 4 GB and $599 for 8 GB) and to entice customers to sign longer term voice and data contracts," the analyst wrote. "From AT&T's perspective, a rebate is a great marketing tool and small sacrifice to make to entice a customer to sign up for 2-year voice and data cell phone plans that cost about $75-100 per month (before taxes and fees), meaning $1800-2400 in 'guaranteed' bi-annual revenue."
According to informationweek, this is another sign The iPhone May Be In Trouble
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boy genius is reporting on the upcoming BlackBerry 9900, tentatively due out late 2007. The BlackBerry 9900 is rumored to feature a screen resolution of 384×288 and will run OS 5.0.0. All other information is a mystery.
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April 16, 2007
Software giant Microsoft is reportedly urging regulators to look into Google’s plan to buy DoubleClick, an online advertising company.
Microsoft contends that the $3.1 billion deal, announced on Friday, would hurt competition in the fast-growing market for advertising on the Web and raises questions about how much personal information would be collected by Google, already a dominant player in online advertising.
Bradford L. Smith, Microsoft’s general counsel, said in an interview yesterday that Google’s purchase of DoubleClick would combine the two largest online advertising distributors and thus “substantially reduce competition in the advertising market on the Web.”
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