A recent iPod enthusiast took his iPod shuffle and made it more useful. Now, he won't have to worry about plugging those pesky headphones in and wondering where to place his Shuffle, because he has the Shuffle built right in. I am sure this could be a popular item if there was a way that it could be manufactured with out breaking any copyright laws.
ActiveWin already has screenshots up of the new build 5270 of Windows Vista. This build is the December CTP which is very close to feature complete.
Speculation is that Apple may be releasing its Yonah powered laptops in January of 2006, while the NEC has no rumors of the release date. The NEC LR700D should have a 14" screen with a resolution up to 1400x1050 and a 100GB hard drive included.
Siemens has developed a type of "paper" that will allow text to be displayed digitally. This is would allow manufacturers to fully utilize their advertisement on the packaging of their products. This is made possible by ultra-thin batteries that were recently developed and, of course, some science.
I recently upgraded my router to the Linksys WRT54GX2 router and couldn't love it more. The quality is exactly what you would expect from the industry-leading wireless company. It gave me all the settings that I had to have in order to get my network to function exactly how I wanted.
Maxthon has released the next version of its web browser, version 1.5.1 which is the only update over the past two months. They fixed many of the internal bugs, along with adding better pop-up blocking. Also, they redesigned the home page so that it will be better for the user's needs.
Tactile 3D offers users a completely different interface from what is known as standard. You now have 3D space to organize your files and windows. Now, this isn't its own operating system or anything, it will run right on top of Microsoft Windows. It gives you the ability to browse your files in more of a visual way, rather than digging around looking for file names.
Just like every video game console, the Xbox 360 will soon be completely taken over by hackers. They have figured out how to copy the games, now all that is left is how to override the Xbox itself to play the copied games. There has been no news lately on the progress of a mod chip, but it will undoubtebly arrive in the next couple months.
Microsoft Windows Vista 5270, which is going to be the December CTP, is expected to be released on Monday or Tuesday. Unfortunately, this is not going to be the Beta 2 that was expected to be released. I guess we will have to settle with what we can get. Check back soon for news on the December CTP release.
Wired News has presented what they believe to be the BEST Firefox extensions. I use many of them so if you are a new Firefox user, this will be a good basis for you to start from. I have provided my own summary of the extensions with each extension Wired News nominated as the best.
