Monthly Archives: June 2009

2009 New 13″ MacBook Pro

June 9, 2009
There was a new 13″ MacBook Pro announced at WWDC 2009 yesterday.  They’re available starting today.  New features include: built-in (non-removable) 7 hour battery new Display (has better color, etc…) SD Card slot Firewire port up to 8Gb of memory up to 500Gb hard drive and a backlit keyboard. They also start at a lower [...]
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WWDC 2009 | Highlights | new iPhone release: iPhone 3GS date and information

June 8, 2009
Highlights from WWDC 2009 Keynote: iPhone OS 3.0 available worldwide June 17th My weapon of choice this year for the Keynote stream was http://www.macrumorslive.com.  They have a good stream text feed, and an even better streaming pictures feed.  The pictures updated more often than the text, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they caught every [...]
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Time to get your drive on with Forza 3

June 8, 2009
CornerBalance, a car blog that I’ve been following recently, just posted about a new video game release: Forza 3. They were invited to a Forza Demo Event where there were real cars setup that attendees would get test in-game.  While the prominent aspect of every racing game is how well the cars simulate real cars, [...]
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Get a LoD of how horribly Palm Pre’s launch went…

June 8, 2009
And another Link of the Day for you… In the picture: iPhone launch on top, Palm Pre on bottom.  For those of you that don’t know, the Palm Pre has had some great reviews that pit it’s features against the iPhone – the palm pre won in 8/12 categories in one review. Honestly though – [...]
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Microsoft to release a TouchPack for Windows 7

June 2, 2009
Microsoft is going to release a TouchPack for Windows 7 that will come bundled with the Retail version of Windows 7. This pack includes some multitouch applications, including some games.  Looks like it should be fun times at your nearest Win7 machine.
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Google Wave : Talk about doing conversations the ‘right way’

June 1, 2009
Google is blowing this whole communication business out of the water.  There are a ton of features in Google Wave that have been combined to create something that is just better than other communication services. Every feature of the platform was obviously thought through.  The whole time I’ve been watching the video (I’m still watching [...]
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