This is actually a hoax and I did actually believe it! The only part that not looks real to me is that Apple is so dumb to come out with such product. Being curious, I went to Apple Website to see the official news about this MacBook Wheel but nothing is there. Then Google let me know, that it is just a joke!

By the way, if you watch the video very closely, there are many hints to tell you that it is just a joke. Some are listed below.

• “Everything is just few hundreds clicks away”
• The guy testing the MacBook Wheel need 45 minutes just to write an email to his friend, which is only about 7lines.
• The Hummingbird battery, which will last for 20 minutes without charging. Even to finish an email you need 45 minutes!

And the predictive sentence technology is just great!

The abortion went well.
The Aardvark asked for an Aardvark.
The Agile Aardvark arrived by airmail.
The amiable crocodile brushed his teeth with a toothbrush.

Ok, till next time. Adios!

As I wrote in the previous post, I was in Games Convention 2008 in Leipzig. Looking at the website of this convention, I really thought that this convention is awesome. But it is not that awesome. If you are a pure gamers and ready to queue in a long line, it will be fun. There were opportunities to play the latest games and even the not-released-yet games. I have played some games there, but honestly, I don’t know which one is already released and which one is not yet. I don’t keep up with the latest news of gaming industries.

Pro Evolution Soccer 2009 was there too. The game is 75% completed and I had chance to test it. Basically, it is almost the same as Pro Evolution Soccer 2008, which I don’t like. The movements of the players are awkward and the game play is not enjoyable as PES 6. Maybe that is what the majority wants. Just a maybe.

The Nintendo DSs were everywhere, so Guitar-Hero-like games e.g. Rock Band etc. I thought I could meet the new Lara Croft, but she was not there.

This convention actually worthed my EUR 8.50. If the trains heading home did not move like roller-coaster, everything would be just fine.

This is just another great alternatives to petrol.

With the insanely oil price increase, this is absolutely good news! A few days back, I’ve seen this car in television. All kinds of water will run this car. The first prototype run at 80 km/h in an hour with about 1 liter water supplied. Currently, the production of this 300 Watt cell costs about USD18000, but in mass production the cost can be sunk to considerable figures. Below is the video about the prototype.

Related link:
Genepax – Conversion of a glass of water into earth saving energy

Ok, back to business. Today I want to write something about digital music player. For some reasons, I would like to have an iPod now and the new iPod Touch is very appealing. This thing started as I began to use iTunes as my music player instead of Winamp. For me, iTunes is a very ingenious. The main reason why I like iTunes is that it can manage podcast very well. If I were to have an iPod, the experience with iTunes will be greater because iPod and iTunes seem to have seamless integration.

Now, my digital music player is one of Sony Walkman MP3 player, which I borrow from my friend, as he has already got his iPod, the new iPod Nano 3rd Generation to be exact. And the best part of Sony MP3 player is the attrac file format, which compresses the music better, without compromises the quality of the sound. In other words, the sound is still great to many ears even at low bit rate, compared to mp3. But the best part is also the worst part. Since I do listen to lots of podcasts, it is very annoying to first download the files from website and then convert it to atrrac using SonicStage format to be stored into the player (Sony MP3 Players do not support Drag-and-Drop). If the SonicStage is a great as iTunes, the world will be better, at least for me. Or if SonicStage just supports RSS Download for podcast…

To overcome the route between El Aguila to Platillon Mountain, Pietrosemoli and his team used mainly the standard hardware such as router from Linksys. With that, they succeeded building a video and audio connection.

Besides the motivation to break the world record, the team also wants to show that rural regions can be connected to the Internet per W-LAN.

This is for me a great achievement to break the digital barrier between the cities and rural areas.

via:CHIP Online

In usb.brando.com.hk, you will find this cool USB gadget with 5V power consumption. You can put your 0.33 liter can and the fridge will cool it down to 8.5°C in only 5 minutes. According to the manufacturer, this fridge is only 362 g and 19.4 x 9 x 9 cm in dimension. Therefore, it is very portable and can be put even in your handbag.

This is not only a great gadget for summer, but very suitable for LAN-Party. This will cost you $33.00 excluding shipping fee.

The answers of the tests are recorded in iPod before the exam and they listen to the answers during the exam. This is how dangerous technology can be. But, the teachers and the schools should not look into only the bad of this technology. This type of technology can be used in learning. Some of students do not like to read. So iPods and such gadgets can be a solution to this students, so that they at least can revise using other method. Maybe this method is more effective. Who knows!

Besides, if iPods are banned, the cheaters still can find or already have thousand of ways to cheat in the exam. This group of peoples is very creative.

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And if you installed TiSP at your home, you will get a benefit when purchasing things via Google Checkout. The things will be delivered directly to you through the sewage network into your bathroom. Don’t worry, the package is sealed with waterproof bag.

In-Commode Package Delivery
With professional installation service, you can also have your Google Checkout purchases delivered directly through the sewage network into your bathroom. Each package comes pre-sealed in a watertight and nanobot-resistant bag made of biodegradable corn-based plastic. For a limited time, TiSP subscribers who sign up for a Checkout account will receive free bathroom delivery on their first ten Checkout purchases.

And this part is funnier. Google are taking a step forward leaving their competitors in contextual ads. They now can display ads after reading your DNA, so that the ads are related to you. Damn again.

How can Google offer this service for free?
We believe that all users deserve free, fast and sanitary online access. To offset the cost of providing the TiSP service, we use information gathered by discreet DNA sequencing of your personal bodily output to display online ads that are contextually relevant to your culinary preferences, current health status and likelihood of developing particular medical conditions going forward. Google also offers premium levels of service for a monthly fee (see below).
Note: We take your privacy very seriously. So we treat all TiSP users’ waste-related personal information with tremendous discretion, in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

And for Wordpress, last year, they came up with Wordpattern (and changed to Wordpattrn, after being acquired by Yahoo! and Flickr). This year, it is almost the same story. And the name is Forkpress. Owen of asymptomatic.net is tired with Habari and Wordpress. So, he comes up with great blogging tools, Forkpress. By the way, Forkpress has K3, while Wordpress still having K2.

To my surprise, Forkpress has been downloaded 20,070,401 times, almost 20x than Wordpress 2.1 (1,047,562 times). No wonder that the download section is facing some problems.

Happy April Fool!

Your computer is the center of your digital life. Your TV is the center of your entertainment life. But what if you want to watch movies, TV shows, movie trailers, podcasts, and photos from your computer on your TV? At $299, Apple TV brings iTunes to the big screen.

http://www.apple.com/appletv/

Apple TVs are now delivered to the users. But, many of the users are not satisfied with what Apple gives them, at least in term of technical specifications.

Apple TV is equipped with 1GHz Intel Processor and 40GB hard disk, which might be better if it is delivered with 80GB or 120GB. Besides, Apple TV supports only iTunes and MPEG-4 videos. If you want to play other format, you must first convert the files into Apple TV format. But, some hacks can be done to make your Apple TV to play other video formats, such as Xvid, Divx and WMV. I don’t have any idea of limiting the supported video formats. If Apple could think of it…

And for Mac Mini users, you can change your Mac Mini to Apple TV too!

To get more hacks for Apple TV, you can surf to Apple TV hacks.

For those in Europe, Apple TV might not be a favourable choice, since there is no video content available on iTunes in Europe. Hmm, what is behind this? Asking users to experience the home videos, but no video is available?

Related link:
Apple TV = hacked
Get hack-tastic with Apple TV