Category Archives: Technology

Such celly hotness

Samsung Ultra Edition 13.8

This has been all over the techblogs, and I’m repeating it here because it’s just so hot.  I need this phone.  Okay, I don’t.  But playing with my girlfriend’s new celly made me more than dissatisfied with my SLVR (form factor aside).  I almost picked up a SE w810i (or dropped real money on the k790a) or the Sammy d900 carbon (pfft, links, bah, google them you want to know so bad), but have been holding out hope that the iphone/imobile is all I will want in a phone (form factor included).  Though playing with the Blackberry Pearl was nice, even though I don’t need a smart phone.  (This Sammy I linked has HSDPA, which I would get a data plan for ASAP, even though I wouldn’t get one for a smart phone.).

If the Applephone sucks, I can always get something else.  (And Apple had better release another standalone iSight camera damnit!  And iTV better not suck, with the new fee structure, Tivo doesn’t look like it’s going to be renewed, unless it only costs $3-5 more to install it on my Comcast cablebox).

Windows Vista security flaw discovered – Security – MSNBC.com

Windows Vista security flaw discovered – Security – MSNBC.com

The flaw affects older Windows systems, too, and Hypponen said vulnerabilities like these are quite common and can be fixed with a software patch

haha, that was quick. This doesn’t sound like a big deal. I just love that MS’s answer is basically “Oh, we’ll patch it… don’t sweat it…” hahaha

Slashdot | S Korea & China Mandate Common Chargers, Data Cables

Slashdot | S Korea & China Mandate Common Chargers, Data Cables

clearly via /.

this is great!  Samsung, among others, LOVE to use those proprietary cables.  That’s the one thing Motorola does right, mini-usb to charge/sync.  I’m getting a new celly for someone as a gift, an SE, but it’s another proprietary cable.  BAH I say!

Weak security in our daily lives@Everything2.com

Weak security in our daily lives@Everything2.com

20 minutes + 3129 keypresses = unlocked car door on those car keyless number entry pad things.  My mom has this keypad on her Lincoln (it seems a very American car thing).  I’m definitely going to try it out when I visit for the holidays.  There’s really nothing else to do while I’m home.  (Though I’m going to bust out the Dreamcast and the Sega Bass Fishing I think.)

High Def?

So I just got a 1080p HDTV.  And I got a nice upconverting dvd player for Christmas.  And yet I’m plagued by the thought of a PS3 or an Xbox360 (or xo as i like to call it… get it, x for xbox, o for circle which equals 360 degrees!  I’m so clever idiotic.).  Nevermind my friends who are going crazy over the fact that I got a nice HD set and don’t have an HD movie player.  Listen, it bothers me too.  I LOVE movies.  I’d get a PS3 or xo for HD movies alone, never mind gaming.  (Why not just get a stand alone Bluray or HD-DVD player you ask?  Well I do enjoy gaming as well, so there’s that.).  But it’s a lot of layout for movies of which I’m not positive which format will win out.  There are movies on both that I really love.  Perhaps for Christmas…..