Microsoft Releases Web Explorer 9 Platform Preview 2
While many Web savvy folks today run Firefox or Google’s Chrome browser, that doesn’t mean that Microsoft’s Net Explorer is dead. The software giant has just released another platform preview of Web Explorer 9 (IE9) in the design of IE9 Preview 2 and that latest incarnation scores 68 out of 100 on the Acid3 pop [...]
New Google Chrome betas now available
The new batch of Google Chrome betas has just been released for Linux, Mac and Windows platforms, featuring claims that they offer major leaps in terms of performance. All three will sport JavaScript engines that run up to 35% faster in benchmarks like SunSpider. Apart from that, the beta releases are touted to double or [...]
Lenovo ThinkPad Edge Beats Dell Vostro In LCD Stress pop quiz?
The folks by at Dell probably won’t be too happy with the recent videos that Lenovo has posted. We’re talking about the video (available in the full post) that they put up, subjecting the Lenovo ThinkPad Edge and Dell’s Vostro V13 to torture tests. As expected (if not Lenovo probably wouldn’t put the video up), [...]
Hulu to experiment subscription service from May 24th onwards
Word on the street has it that Hulu will start to pop quiz its subscription service from May 24th onwards, all the while without stopping its free service for the five most recent episodes of shows including Fox’s “Glee,” “ABC’s “Lost” or NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” Folks who want to see a series’ back catalogue [...]
Leaked iPhone 4G Was A Near-final Prototype
The recently leaked iPhone 4G has been all by the news, and now it seems that the lost unit was actually a very late-stage model, which means that it’s more or less what the final product will be like. When the phone was dissected, the label N90_DVT_GE4X_0493 was discovered. Recent information indicates that “N90” was [...]
James Bond Would Love The Marion Hyper-Sub
Here’s a powerboat that James Bond himself would love to take for a spin. The self-charging Marion Hyper-sub powerboat is able to submerse 250 feet under the water, and is able to reach a top speed of 75kph on top of water, thanks to its 880hp engine. It’s currently still a prototype, but pop quiz [...]
Onkyo Sotec MX1007A4 netbook is super slim
Just when you thought that devices like newer netbooks as well as the Apple iPad are able to last the distance when it comes to battery life, along comes Onkyo’s Sotec MX1007A4 netbook that might be super slim at 22mm, although that chassis still manages to cram in an Intel Atom Z515 1.2GHz processor, a [...]