Friday, February 1, 2008

Sigma's APO 200-500 F2.8 telephoto lens gets close to wildlife, your wife - Engadget

Got 25G to drop on a telephoto lens? Got strong enough shoulders to lug around a 35lb lens? :-)

Sigma's APO 200-500 F2.8 telephoto lens gets close to wildlife, your wife - Engadget

-ZB

MacBook Air splayed -- multi-touch trackpad controller chip same as iPhone - Engadget

The previous post was all about unboxing the hot little number called the MacBook Air... Engadget's post takes this even further and strips the little minx down to it's core components *blush*.

MacBook Air splayed -- multi-touch trackpad controller chip same as iPhone - Engadget

-ZB

MacBook Air in the House, Unboxing Photos

The MacBook Air has started to ship... Here's a set of pics revealing the unboxing of the sexy technology!

MacBook Air in the House, Unboxing Photos

-ZB

WOW. Microsoft Offers $44.6 Billion To Acquire Yahoo

There have been numerous articles on this bid from Microsoft to acquire Yahoo... I just liked the graphic best on this one :-)



It will be interesting to see how Google reacts to this. Part of me feels this will actually benefit Google since these big mergers are typically plagued with all sorts of integration issues... Given Google is the clear leader in search and web-based advertising -- this is the perfect opportunity for Google to pull further ahead of the combined #2 and 3 players in the space...

Disclosure: long GOOG

WOW. Microsoft Offers $44.6 Billion To Acquire Yahoo

-ZB

Thursday, January 31, 2008

$1 Image Stabilizer For Any Camera - Lose The Tripod

This looks like a great idea if you just don't want to lug around a tripod... Fit-in-your-pocket solution for when you just need to get a good shot but can't get to a Tripod or your camera's image stabilization sucks (or is non-existent).

$1 Image Stabilizer For Any Camera - Lose The Tripod

-ZB

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

DNS celebrates 25th birthday - vnunet.com

nslookup -- oh, Happy 25th b-day DNS!!! W00T!

DNS celebrates 25th birthday - vnunet.com

-ZB

Firefox share up over 20% in Europe, mostly at expense of IE

Firefox is taking up share in Europe... Interesting to see the country by county breakdown of FFox penetration... worth a look. Go Firefox!

Firefox share up over 20% in Europe, mostly at expense of IE

-ZB

Hands on with XIOS, the Cloud OS that runs in a browser

Virtualization is a very trendy theme these days... How about running all of your work in the cloud all the time... Just find a spot to squat and work. High cool factor but I wonder about the productivity / speed constraints that are likely at play here.

Hands on with XIOS, the Cloud OS that runs in a browser

-ZB

Monday, January 28, 2008

iClarified - iPhone - How to Officially Update and Jailbreak to 1.1.3 iPhone Firmware (Windows)

Tested this method with the iPod Touch -- worked like a charm :-)
This method updates your firmware to 1.1.3 and puts the "Installer" program on your device.
NOTE: You will not get the icon "wiggles" and iPhone Apps on your iPod Touch -- you will need to install these as a post-process.

ENJOY!

iClarified - iPhone - How to Officially Update and Jailbreak to 1.1.3 iPhone Firmware (Windows)

-ZB

Lotus Notes 8.5 to fully support Ubuntu Linux 7.0 - Computerworld UK - The Voice of IT Management

This should be an interesting addition for Ubuntu -- maybe I'll be able to lose Windows completely?

Lotus Notes 8.5 to fully support Ubuntu Linux 7.0 - Computerworld UK - The Voice of IT Management

-ZB