Rogers Canada and Apple both say the iPhone will be released in canada before theend of 2008. Rogers couldn’t make any more comments due to agreements with Apple. This is great news for Canadians. Rogers says stay tuned for more information
After, weeks of research and thinking I have finally came out with my technology forecast. Personally I think the most difficult thing to predict is games. Gamers are changing their minds all of the time about what are “killer games”
Things are looking good for Sony for the next twelve months, but not so good for Nintendo and Microsoft. Due to expected price cuts for the Playstation 3 I’m expecting a huge increase in Playstation 3 sales. I also expect lots more games to come out for the console. You can expect Wii sales to decrease due to less games going to come out for the Wii and because people are finding better consoles for the Wii. The Xbox 360 will have sales starting to drop because of the amount of problems with the console and very little desirability right now. PSP sales will continue to increase, due to price cuts and lots of games said to be coming out. Nintendo Ds sales will just simply drop by June because of NO good games planed for the console. Playstation 2 sales will drop because of not many good games coming out for the console. Sadly 2008 may be he last year of life for the Playstation 2. All good things must sadly come to an end.
Mac os x Leopard sales will increase just because Leopard is a great operating system. Vista sales will slowly increase because just about all the bugs have been fixed. The reason Vista sales will be slowly increasing because some people will be waiting for Windows 7 that may come out in late 2008 or early 2009. I also expect more viruses to be made for Leopard because so much people are using it.
I expect iPhone sales to increase because of huge demand and because it will come out in Canada before the end of 2008.
That’s all I have to predict about 2008 and like all years it will be a exciting year for all computer users.
Like all Vaio laptops each inch of this laptop is perfectly designed. At about only $1000 you will get a high resolution web cam, Intel’s latest Core 2 Duo Processors and DVD player/re-writer. You have a choice of 5 colors if you get this laptop on Sony style. This laptop comes backed with Windows Vista and wi-fi encryption so you never have to worry about someone getting their hands on you passwords. Though just about everything about this laptop is perfect the battery becomes shaky and might fall out if you don’t put it in lock mode. Unlike most laptops this one does not have a automatic battery lock feature. If you’re a little clumsy you don’t have to worry about your laptop being totally destroyed since it has stabilization system. This laptop also comes packed with Intel’s latest 802.11 n wi-fi technology , wich is very rear on computers. 802.11 n gives you greater wi-fi range and longer battery life.Overall this laptop is very stylish, strong, un-costly (for a vaio) and powerful. I would definitely recommend this laptop for students, work, or play.
No, you are not reading wrong. Windows Vista has been rated the worlds most secure operating system by the most respected tech geeks, Microsoft, Norton and even Apple. You are probably wondering if Windows Vista has so many viruses how is it the worlds most secure operating system? I have a very good explanation. Windows Vista has more market share than all mac’s combined. Wouldn’t it be more pleasing than to attack Windows Vista. If Mac’s had most of the market share wouldn’t it be more pleasurable to attack a mac. You must be getting the point. Lets look at things on the mac side now. The new operating system, Os x Leopard has the firewall dissabled by default (that’s the dummist thing i’ve heard since a little kid told me the sky was falling) which leaves the system with the same level of protection that Windows xp 2p1 gave you. But, even with the firewall on you only get a Windows xp sp2 level of protection. Norton says Leopard was a downgrade in security. Norton also warned mac users to be careful on the web. With the increase of mac, iphone and ipod touch more viruses will be made to attack safari and mac. How did people come to the conclusion that Vista is the most secure. Well in a convention in a computer convention in Vancouver, Canada for the second time in a row a fully patched mac was successfully infected first than followed Vista. The linux bo x was never infected. Guess that’s one less reason to buy a mac.
Press play to view the photos of Windows 7 milestone 1. Don’t say there fakes because remember Windows 7 is not a video game console. It’s a operating system. Microsoft is working on the features first than the user interface. Usually the user interface changes don’t happen till milestone 3, it’s only milestone1. You will have to watch the video many times to see all of the new features, so to save you time I will tell you them.
-A new Windows Media Center gadget
-A new two new options to personalise your computer when you right click
-A small version change in Internet Explorer 7
-In explorer windows there is an option to search within the window instead of your computer (see photos for better explanation)
-The calculator application has improved scientific calculator
-New version of Windows Media Center is completed (not shown in screen-shots)
-Windows Mail build number has slightly changed
-In the about Windows the build number has changed to 6.1
-Gadgets are also in explorer windows
-New control panel options
-New computer management feature
-In system tray when you click the wi-fi meter a small box opens telling you more information about the connection with out opening a window.
Please comment on what you think of these
While watching Global National today I discovered that Facebook was hacked. Apparently a guy (whose name was not mentioned) hacked Paris Hiltons Facebook account due to a small bug in the servers. The person was able to view Hilton’s private Facebook photos. Facebook promptly fixed the problem though the person claims that he can still view Hilton’s photos. Facebook warned that if you have sensitive information just keep it off the internet. Even if it in a private folder. Hilton has not said anything about this most likely because, the guy said that he would not give the photos to anyone. But than again you should not trust strangers and someone can hack his computer if they wanted to. We just have to wait.
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Today I finally decided to give Windows Live Mail a try. Windows Live Mail is basically a copy of Microsoft Outlook. Like all Windows Live programs this one has the Vista look and feel for Windows Xp users. There’s a very minor problem with Windows Live Mail scrolling bar, it tends to switch from the Vista scrolling bar to the Xp scrolling bar.
If you are used to using Windows Live Hotmail you will view images with no problem. This is not the case it Windows Live Mail. Flash images can’t be viewed unless you change one of the settings, the average user would just delete Windows Live Mail because of this. One of the greatest features of Windows Live Mail is that you can view two e-mail accounts at the same time. This comes really handy if you have a work and personal e-mail. This great feature is not limited to passport users, you can also view Gmail and Yahoo! accounts. Windows Live Mail also manages your feeds. That is another useful feature that people wanted in Windows Live Hotmail. In Windows Live Mail you can also launch Windows Live Messenger and view newsgroups but those features are not to important. To download Windows Live Mail and to try it for your self click here. I would reccomend Windows Live Mail. It does take some getting used to though.
Yesterday on March 1 2008 was a sad day for the people who created Netscape Navigator. AOL announced that they would stop supporting and making new versions of Netscape Navigator. Thanks to web browsers like Microsoft’s Internet explorer, Firefox and Apple’s Safari, who combined own over 99% of the market share. AOL ceo says “We have tried and tried to prevent this from happening but we could not stop this sad fait”. Netscape was an icon in technology. If it was not for Netscape navigator we would be living very different lives. Netscape was the first popular internet browser, which at one time had over 90% of the market share. Today Netscape has only 0.5% percent of the market share. Netscape would probably be around if Microsoft did not abuse there their power illegally. Though Netscape took Microsoft to court and won that did not stop Microsoft from destroying Netscape. Netscape recommends switching to Firefox for Netscape users For the official announcement go here
. Entertainment announced Friday it will release high-definition DVDs exclusively in the new Blu-ray format, the studio may have struck a deadly blow against its struggling high-definition rival, HD-DVD, analysts resoundingly told ABCNEWS.com.
The rivalry between the two platforms of high-definition DVDs — Blu-ray is supported by Sony, while HD-DVD is supported by both Toshiba and Microsoft — has been raging since the discs’ development. While other Hollywood studios have gradually chosen one format over the other, Warner Bros. had been the lone exception, publishing movies in both formats.
“Warner Bros.’ move to exclusively release in the Blu-ray disc format is a strategic decision focused on the long term and the most direct way to give consumers what they want,” chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Barry Meyer said in a statement on Friday. “The window of opportunity for high-definition DVD could be missed if format confusion continues to linger.”
Only two major U.S. studios now support HD-DVD, while five will support Sony’s Blu-ray disc exclusively.
After the studio’s announcement, a long-planned press event to promote HD-DVD at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas was abruptly canceled.
“This is definitely a bad blow to the HD-DVD folks at a time when both sides were trying to gain momentum,” Michael Gartenberg, vice president and research director of Jupiter Research, told ABCNEWS.com. “And clearly you can see the effects of this. They canceled their press conference at CES. That doesn’t happen every day.”
At the Consumer Electronics Show, Sunday, representatives from Sony were practically giddy over the development.
“All of us at Sony are feeling a bit blue today, but that’s a good feeling,” CEO Sir Howard Stringer said at a news conference, chuckling. “Along with Warner Bros.’ decision to support Blu-ray I want to thank Bob Iger at Disney and Rupert Murdoch at Fox for being ‘true blue’ from the start.”
Disney, the parent company of ABC News, was one of the first to commit to the Blu-ray format.
Rick Clancy, Sony’s senior vice president of electronics, echoed those sentiments. pleased with the news obviously,” Clancy said Sunday in Las Vegas. “Clearly the momentum is in Blu-ray’s favor in terms of consumer interest in the format.”
Despite the boost and the potential downfall of HD-DVD, analysts say that Blu-ray still faces a few formidable competitors.
The most difficult challenge will be regular DVDs, said Rob Enderle, a Silicon Valley technology analyst for the Enderle Group.
New DVD players allow consumers to “upgrade” their regular DVDs to look almost as good as they would in high definition.
“The big obstacle is to overcome is actually regular DVDs because it’s already good enough” for most consumers, Enderle said. “It’s inexpensive and good enough and they already have it. They’re likely to stay with what they’ve got.”
Online video on demand that allows consumers to download movies directly to their PCs may also ultimately make the format war an obsolete argument. As technology advances, more consumers will be able to connect content on their desktops to their televisions, including high-definition content.
“This year at CES you’re going to see a whole lot about downloads and downloads are probably the next big thing,” Enderle said.
Still, not everyone is ready to count HD-DVD out. CNET editor at large Brian Cooley doesn’t believe HD-DVD Microsoft will go down without a fight.
“This is the thing. [They] are both movie formats and they’re also computer disc formats just like a CD. … Microsoft wants to use HD-DVD as the computer format,” Cooley said. “Microsoft’s a very powerful force. Vista supports HD-DVD. The Xbox uses HD-DVD.”
“I think this is probably the beginning of the end … [but] I’ll tell you they’ve surprised us before,” Cooley said.
Cooley advised eager shoppers ready to snap up Blu-rays to wait.
“Between now and next holiday season it’s a big window but that’s the time you can decide,” Cooley said. “I think that you’re getting pretty confident as a consumer that Blu-rays the way to go, I’d still give it a few months to see what’s going on. … You want to see HD-DVD officially give up.”
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