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Will Apple Change Things Again?

By albertus,on January 27th,2010%

Apple is going to unveil a new product today that will supposedly change the way we do things one more time. A new device is rumored to be the new product,possibly a tablet that functions as a souped-up iPod touch but with more features. Pricing will be an issue:the price must meet the . . . →Read More:Will Apple Change Things Again?

Gibibyte Versus Gigabyte

By albertus,on October 18th,2009%

When you buy a hard drive,you usually take note of the capacity and,depending if you’re a metric kind of person or a computer tech,you expect to find the number of bytes in your hard drive to be as you expect them.

The metric type of person would say that 320 Gigabytes is . . . →Read More:Gibibyte Versus Gigabyte

KDE 4 and Linux

By albertus,on July 25th,2009%

After installing Fedora 11 in a virtual machine,I opted for KDE 4 to see how it looks. It was quite interesting and pleasing visually. I was impressed and it made me use the Linux desktop for a long time in one session. Obviously,there was a lot of work and thought put into the . . . →Read More:KDE 4 and Linux

Star Trek:The Next Generation Movies On Blu-ray

By albertus,on July 21st,2009%

There has been an announcement that Paramount is releasing a 5-disc Blu-ray set of all the Star Trek:The Next Generation movies this Fall. This is our chance to see the movies in 1080p resolution and HD audio. I am wondering now when are they releasing the Next Generation series on Blu-ray like they did with . . . →Read More:Star Trek:The Next Generation Movies On Blu-ray

MATLAB Should Have A Home Edition Too

By albertus,on July 12th,2009%

Recall that I wrote about Wolfram Research offering a Home Edition version of Mathematica 7. A lot of engineering and scientific applications use MATLAB too. However,the only way to get the cheap edition of MATLAB is to be a student. Otherwise,you’d have to pay about $2000 for the software license. I believe that . . . →Read More:MATLAB Should Have A Home Edition Too

Some Sites Of Interest

By albertus,on June 18th,2009%

I have this routine for web surfing everyday. I usually start with Slashdot.org and C|Net News reading the interesting news there. I then head to ArsTechnica for some more tech news. Gizmodo is a favorite of mine when I’m checking out the latest gadgetry. Finally,I check Linux Today to see how my favorite operating . . . →Read More:Some Sites Of Interest

New MacBook Pros

By albertus,on June 17th,2009%

Apple recently unveiled a new line of MacBook Pros,absorbing the 13″laptop model of the previous incarnation. This means that the 13″MacBook Pro has FireWire,an SD Card slot,and an improved display. The laptop battery is also not (normally) user-replaceable:it costs $129 to replace it,about the same cost as a . . . →Read More:New MacBook Pros

Wolfram Research Releases Home Edition of Mathematica 7

By albertus,on June 15th,2009%

At last,there’s a cheap version of Mathematica available now for personal use. Mathematica Home Edition is only $295. It’s a 32-bit version of Mathematica 7 available for Windows (2000/XP/Vista),Mac OS X,and Linux.

According to the Wolfram Research web site,this is a full featured Mathematica. You can also use it for homeworks . . . →Read More:Wolfram Research Releases Home Edition of Mathematica 7

The New Mac mini Has Arrived

By albertus,on March 9th,2009%

At last,Apple announced the availability of a new Mac mini,now sporting an Nvidia graphics chipset like the one in the aluminum unibody MacBooks.

I rushed to an Apple Store nearby to try out the new machines. They can handle 1080p video very well,especially when compared to my first-generation Intel Mac mini running . . . →Read More:The New Mac mini Has Arrived

MacBook and an External Monitor

By albertus,on October 28th,2008%

Since I bought a mini-DisplayPort to DVI-D adapter,I decided to try it out on my 19″Samsung SyncMaster LCD monitor.

Physically,the external monitor was to my left. However,by default,the MacBook thought it was to my right. Then,I discovered that,in System Preferences->Display,you could rearrange the logical position of the . . . →Read More:MacBook and an External Monitor

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