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Looks kind of different right? Well after an impressive quarter of mac sales, Apple’s refreshes its all-in-one desktop monster has many new features. Firstly, the body has been made with Apple’s “Unibody” aluminum processing technology, thus making it thinner and stronger. Secondly, the glass screen cover covers the entire screen, it doesn’t just stop before metal, it goes all the way to the edge. The screen has been change from a 16:10 ratio to 16:9, thus making it better for movie watchers. This also means there are new screen sizes:
- 21.5-Inch
- 27-inch
The back is also Aluminum, But I’ll let Jonny Ive, Apple’s chief designer, explain that:
The specs are also changed, with Intel’s monster i5 and i7 quad core’s and new graphics card options:
Processor
- 21.5-inch and 27-inch models, one of the following:
- 3.06GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 3MB shared L2 cache
- 3.33GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor with 6MB shared L2 cache
- 27-inch models only, one of the following:
- 2.66GHz quad-core Intel Core i5 processor with 8MB shared L3 cache; Turbo Boost dynamic performance up to 3.2GHz
- 2.8GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor with 8MB shared L3 cache; Turbo Boost dynamic performance up to 3.46GHz; Hyper-Threading for up to eight virtual cores
Memory
- 4GB (two 2GB SO-DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM; four SO-DIMM slots support up to 16GB
Graphics:
21.5-inch model:
- NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory3
- ATI Radeon HD 4670 graphics processor with 256MB of GDDR3 memory
27-inch model with dual-core processor:
- ATI Radeon HD 4670 graphics processor with 256MB of GDDR3 memory
- ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR3 memory 27-inch model with quad-core processor:
- ATI Radeon HD 4850 graphics processor with 512MB of GDDR3 memory
And all the other iMacs stuff.and…. IT’S OUT NOW!
What do you think of Apple’s iMac Refresh? Leave a comment to respond!
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Uruguay is taking a huge leap forward in the world and doing what many western countries aren’t, they have provided every student with a laptop.
Uruguay has been a supporter of the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) initiative since its start. The OLPC initiative builds small and cheap laptops that run Linux and sells them for $100 or less to governments or other entities.
Each laptop runs Linux and has Wi-Fi. The built in software provides location based social networking between OLPC’s and simple word processing as well as internet if you can find a connection.
Back in 2007, the first batch of Uruguay Students received a OLPC, and it looked like a success, now the Uruguay Government took the next step and provided a FREE laptop for every Student in its Primary School circuit. What’s even more amazing is that this entire project cost the Uruguay Government a mere 5% of its annual school budget. This is an extraordinary feat and we congratulate the Uruguay Government for taking this step.
Each laptop runs linux and has WiFi. The built in software provides location based social networking between OLPC’s and simple word processing as well as internet if you can find a connection.
Hitachi demoed a very basic face recognition system at CEATEC this week. The system is a normal TV, with a built-in webcam that runs face recognition technology similar to the ones Sony uses in its cybershot camera’s. The technology is able to detect where you are looking, and turns off the TV screen, when you look away from the TV.
This technology could be extremely useful to many people that leave their TV’s on all day and/or forget to turn them off when they leave the room. This is an addition to the multitude of “Eco-TV” technologies being demoed at CEATEC, but this one is a cool party trick.
Would you put more consideration to a TV which had this technology in it? leave a comment.
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7. Make a bold statement
If you have an opinion on a subject, then just say it outloud without a whole lot of proof, and the trolls will come running. They thrive on ridiculous statements both their own, and yours. If you always talk weakly, they won’t care about what you’re saying, so you need to take a strong stance first.
6. Write a hugely long post spread out over multiple pages
Trolls are busy people. They need to post in a variety of places. They don’t have time to read through all of your post, so they’ll only look at the first page. Of course, this first page will have to have some bold statements, but you don’t back any of your arguments up yet, so the trolls can say all the garbage they want and they’ll think you can’t prove them wrong.
5. Insult somebody
It doesn’t have to be direct, but just make sure your readers know it’s an insult to somebody, preferably not your readers. It ought to be an insult to a company, a product, a service, or somebody well known yet not loved by almost everybody. This causes trolls to want to a) defend them with statements everybody already knows and are illogical or b) join in on the insulting or c) insult you.
4. Insult everybody
There’s no need to stop at just one person or thing. You can insult everybody, and that way trolls with allegiance to everything will swarm to you. Refer to #5 for why this works.
3. At the beginning of your post, say this:
“…I really know nothing about this subject, but I just wanted to say _______ SUCKS because… it just does, and no I am not stupid.” Seems self-explanatory.
2. Learn to attract fanbois first
Trolls don’t post merely because of your post alone. They also post when there’s a group of fanboys yelling at each other. They want to join the party and argue against everybody that’s there. If you can get fanboys to post some comments defending the company/product they love, you can be sure that trolls will soon follow suit, except they’ll do it in a foolish fashion.
1. Write a post about trolls
They are always in denial. Trolls never admit they are trolls, but when a lot of people start calling them that, they start to wonder. Maybe they want to found out what a troll really is. Maybe they want to see if a list like this applies to them. If you write a post that talks about trolls, then they will come and deny everything the post says about them, claiming that the post is stupid, that they are not trolls, and that they just wasted their time reading the post.
Once upon a time, trolls started to rampage…
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AT&T users with iPhones. How is your newfangled MMS doing? Have you noticed any Lag/Glitches? We have gotten several reports that there are some problems, especially with speed. Post in the poll if you have any of the things we describe.
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The partnerka, the common name for partnerships of russian affiliate networks that drive most of pharmaceutical spam today, are extremely rich. A Sophos study, based on canadian pharmaceutical spam, reports that these networks can generate $4,000 per day in sales, thats $43,200,000 per year!
The largest network is called Glavmed. The company itself claims to be very anti-spam, but a little research shows that one of it’s sister company, “SpamIt” is a private group of s-mail spam networks. Some believe that these are behind many internet botnets, including conficker.
Sales records of GlavMed, show around 20 sales per day, with each sale around $200. This adds up to $4,000 per day. This 40% commissions, it gives $1,600 to GlavMed. This is only from one affiliate, and thanks to the massive amount of affiliates this results in massive revenue.
So Will you be going into Spam Pharmaceuticals anytime soon? Leave a comment!
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American iPhone users have been waiting for this day for 2 years, and now it’s finally here, iPhone and MMS together at last.
MMS is a wireless technology that allows sending media over SMS. This media includes Photo’s and Audio. This was released around the world with the iPhone 3.0 firmware update, but AT&T didn’t support it on launch.
AT&T’s network has been struggling to meet the needs of iPhone users. AT&T feared the network would be overrun by MMS data and did not allow MMS at first. The iPhone allows users to easily connect to the internet and get tons of data, and the iPhone app store is filled with Apps that require an internet connection. AT&T did not plan for this, and their network was overrun by Internet requests. Many users are complaining of outages and extremely slow connections, and are criticizing AT&T over their lack of preparedness.
AT&T spent millions over the summer to update it’s network so it can support MMS, and today, it reluctantly allowed MMS on the iPhone. Users will need to plug their iPhone into their computer, wherein iTunes will prompt you to update your carrier information. After the quick update, your iPhone will work with MMS!
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Microsoft just came out with a huge announcement for the Xbox 360, and that’s support from many big names in the publishing business for console gaming, for a certain add-on that we’ve all been waiting for.
Project Natal, one of the latest and most exciting innovations Microsoft has announced for the Xbox 360 in a long while, was widely regarded as being an attempt to compete with the Wii on the Casual Gamer front.
Only announced 3 months ago at E3, Project Natal is expected to arrive some time next year, and Microsoft says it will revolutionize console gaming. Not to mention it will head to the PC too.
Most people thought that it would come as an expensive add-on that would have little games supported, but that theory has already been proven wrong, with demonstrations of Natal on games such as Burnout. Various trials and demonstrations have shown Natal to be quite capable of offering a powerful gaming experience, and is many levels beyond the Wii.
Microsoft has just released a list of the publishers that will support Project Natal, and make games that will take advantage of what Natal has to offer. Microsoft says that collectively, these publishers account for nearly 70 percent of the 3rd party software sales for this generation’s consoles, and “most of the world’s most recognized video game franchises.” This includes Activision Blizzard, Bethesda Softworks, Capcom, Disney Interactive, Electronic Arts, Konami, MTV Games, Namco Bandai, Sega, Square Enix, THQ and Ubisoft.
All of those companies are working on games that run on Natal, or additional game content that would work with Natal. “[These] announcements at the Tokyo Game Show underscore the swift industry support for the revolutionary controller-free experiences being developed exclusively for Xbox 360″, says Microsoft.
It looks more and more like Natal is becoming the revolutionary add-on that Microsoft proclaimed it was.
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The iPhone app store is undoubtedly the greatest market for mobile applications. It has revolutionized how cellphone companies and software developers provide applications to their mobile devices, by making it worlds easier for users to buy and download mobile applications.
There have been countless stories of individual app developers earning over $200,000 in months, and software giants such as EA and Gameloft have been rushing to get more apps out for the iPhone. But this raises the question, is the app store all that good?
Well investors seem to think the app store is a make of break market for software developers. Vonage’s stock skyrocket 20% today after Apple accepted their iPhone application into the App Store.
Vonage has been a struggling VoIP service provider for many months, and investors believe that their iPhone app can revive their business. A 20% rise in a companies value means that investors think the iPhone App Store will make Vonage rich, because it has made many other people rich as well.
Is the iPhone App Store all it’s being made out to be? Leave a comment with your opinion.