Yesterday Bloomberg ran a story reporting the death of Apple CEO Steve Jobs. Apparently they think he is soon to be on the way out and hit publish when updating their news. The story was pulled as Steve Jobs is still with us. Health has been a major concern for shareholders of Apple as Steve is the one responsible for where Apple is today. Well lets hope he is not on his way out soon. Hopefully he stays with us for some time to come.
Sony Japan has shown its new 40ZX1 40 inch display. The tv is just 26 pounds and 9.9mm at its thinnest. The TV has 1 HDMI port with a wireless box which can send 120Hz, 1080i up to 1080p over a 5Hz channel. The wireless box has 3 HDMI ports, 2 component, s-video, VGA, mouse and Lan port. The new menu is XMB style via the PS#/PSP counter-parts. Engadget says even the iPhone looks too fat next to it.
Read MoreAskkids.com has just gone thru an overhaul. The site is dedicated to help keep your kids away from what most people do not want their kids to have access to. Many people including myself have thought about the best ways to protect your kids from accidentally typing in or searching for that wrong term that brings them to content deemed inappropriate. Ask.com has been around for some time and only commands 1.5-5% of the search market. The plus side is they have been in the search market a long time and know their way round by now.
Read MoreNow in fierce competition with Mozilla’s Firefox 3 and trying to keep up, Microsoft has Launched IE8 Beta 2. The second beta is more for the public audience to test out, whereas Beta 1 was for developers. The features of Beta are what some browsers have had for some time but with their own spin on it. See the features below:
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