techy.Bytes - October 2007
Sony Jumps Into In-Game Advertising
There was a time when there were no ads in my games or at least when the odd product placement went unnoticed. Then came EA which openly said it was
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We All Miss Oink, RIP Oink, Oink Rocked, What a Great Service Oink Was
Title long? Well good, because I am trying to express my sadness for a service (whose existence was not even worthy of a Wiki entry) which was shutdown by a
Category: News, How it Goes
Samsung T10 - First Wireless MP3 Player
Given how fast technology progresses one has to wonder how the concept of a wireless MP3 player has never been made into a reality. Sure they can play movies, browse
Category: gadgets, entertainment
Can't Ever Have Enough
You just gotta love YouTube and the occasional video responses that are actually funny. In this case a production by one of those backyard studios involving an owner with three
Category: Humor
Get the RSCPA on PC Worlds Ass!
PC World have declared that the $2419 USD Mac Book Pro is the fastest Vista laptop they have ever tested which is, if anything, a clear indication the head honchosThe Obsession
It would seem that Little Green Footballs has a hard time dealing with all that Daily Kos branded popularity and like a bitter child has been dedicating lots and lots
Category: Politics, How it Goes
Speak of The Week #8 - Few Days Late, Few Days Gone
First of all I would very much like to express my apologies to Viacom for ordering those dastardly take downs to YouTube that ended up with zero Daily Show goodness
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A Note to the EU - GET OUT OF THE SOFTWARE INDUSTRY
Earlier on I elaborated on what I believed was a conspiracy against Microsoft through a veil known as 'The EU'. I retract that prior statement, or at least a part
Category: Business, Proprietary, Microsoft
Sony Says 'For The Love of All That is Holy! GET THIS GAME ON STORE SHELVES!'
Imagine you have this terrible itch that won't go away, one thats driving you nuts, yet your hands are preoccupied trying to kill the mosquito that inflicted you with that
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How to Commit Suicide - Like a Real Man! (In Pictures)
I'll keep this in mind if I fail every one of my end of year exams and later on be publically humiliated for my womanising ways (i.e. I choose to
Category: Humor
What Happens When a New Ubuntu is Released?
*Note: No I'm not going to be professing my love for open source and the following it by 'except I just wish... yadayadayada'. I don't 'love' open source, I like
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'Maxing Out That Blu-Ray'
There has been a lot of questions about higher storage being necessary for next generation games. Above all else Metal Gear Solid has turned into the poster boy of why
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Microsoft Office - Free and Going Online
Office Live, much like a certain other service, is a free online Office Suite. Just like the previous mentioned competition Office Live ties in with a universal username/password combination, basicallyFINALLY! MySpace to Copy Facebook
Before anyone gets all fuming, please, calm down. I don't care and neither should you. Facebook did a wonderful thing by opening up its platform and it's great to seeGabe Newell On Apple, Sony
Game developers tend to be the grumpiest bastards you'll ever see. They work hard, get paid shit and after all that they are insluted by the bigget douchebags anywhere for
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It Just Works, Doesn't It?
If this was Microsoft they would have been torn apart by now, those SOBs get torn apart for some crazy bugs no one cares about yet Apple has been screwing
Category: Macintosh, Parts, Proprietary
Speak of The Week #7: Then There's That Whole 'What Happened!?' Thing
So I may as well start doing these things proper again. But before I do it 'proper' I'd just like to show some of the funniest YouTube videos I've seen
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A Primitive Mind Reader
I could sure use one of these and not just because I'm into the whole 'lets read Ann Coulters mind to see if she's really human and not some alien
Category: innovation, gadgets
The Vii - China's Answer to the Wii
The China Vii is just the latest in copycat technology coming from China. It's a blessing and a curse for China, it's also a good reason why Nintendo and friends
Category: gadgets, entertainment, humour
This Cracks Me Up
OK, normally I wouldn't comment on someone elses blog post (at least here on Orble), thats what the comments are for. However the sheer stupidity of this one post makes
Category: Environment, Humor
Liquid Powered Batteries - Who Wants Some?
Please understand when I say 'liquid' I mean *any* liquid. Absoloutely any kind of liquid that isn't going to corrode the metallic casing of this battery is going to charge
Category: Environment, mobile|Phone
Google Has Adsensed YouTube
I admit that I was a little bit sceptical when Google Adsense started employing picture based ads instead of just text based ones. While more in your face such aLINA - Now Thats What I'm Talking About
Lina is an open source virtual layer that allows programs compiled in Linux to run on other operating systems (including Windows). It is basically an abstraction layer that takes in
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Complain All You Want, Linux is Not For the Average User
Another one of those ranting and raving type things, it doesn't go anywhere but does show how the typical Linux hugging moron thinks. The problem is that Linux fanboys think
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No Thinly Veiled Bias Here
None whatsoever, it's so blatant one can't help but wonder how the hell APC can be taken seriously considering some of its articles. Angus Kidman and his fantasticly ambiguous question
Category: Business, Proprietary, Microsoft, Windows
Old Zune Gets New Zune Features
After announcing the Zune 2 line of MP3/movie players Microsoft has also announced that all the new features of the Zune 2 line (minus the extra storage ^_^) will also
Category: gadgets, entertainment, Microsoft




















