Archive for October, 2009

  • <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2443/4051757343_58a849b9dc.jpg"/> Newspaper circulation has hit its lowest level in seven decades in the United States, according to the latest audit figures. Apart from the toll taken by rising Internet readership, price increases and the recession, observers say circulation has also fallen victim to budget cuts that have made newsrooms smaller and papers thinner. The average weekday circulation of the nearly 400 daily papers lid 10.6 per cent to 30.4 million between April and September compared with the same six-month period in 2008, the Audit Bureau of Circulations said on Monday. That was bigger than the 7.1 per cent decline recorded during the previous six-month period.

    Rising Internet Readership Kills US Paper Circulation

    Posted on October 28, 2009 | No Comments
    Newspaper circulation has hit its lowest level in seven decades in the United States, according to the latest audit figures. Apart from the toll taken by rising Internet readership, price increases and the recession, observers say circulation has also fallen victim to budget cuts that have made newsrooms smaller and papers thinner. The average weekday circulation of the nearly 400 daily papers lid 10.6 per cent to 30.4 million between April and September compared with the same six-month period in 2008, the Audit Bureau of Circulations said on Monday. That was bigger than the 7.1 per cent decline recorded during the previous six-month period.

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  • <img src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8f/Pippinfront.jpg" alt="" width="430" height="323" /> Do you know what this is? It is the Apple Bandai Pippin, one of the worst gaming consoles of all time; its main fault is Apple's choice to use a trackball instead of a joystick. But no one remembers this - today, everyone sees Apple as this zen-like company with a style, whose creations are always 1 tier up from the closest competitor. And not the creators of one of the worst abominations of gaming.

    iPhone is NOT a Handheld Game Console

    Posted on October 27, 2009 | No Comments
    Do you know what this is? It is the Apple Bandai Pippin, one of the worst gaming consoles of all time; its main fault is Apple's choice to use a trackball instead of a joystick. But no one remembers this - today, everyone sees Apple as this zen-like company with a style, whose creations are always 1 tier up from the closest competitor. And not the creators of one of the worst abominations of gaming.

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  • <img style="float:right;" src="http://www.techxav.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/forumlogo.png"/>Dubbed as "the world’s first <em>true</em> social networking online game", <a href="http://www.pugpharm.com/" target="_blank">Pugpharm</a>'s <a href="http://www.snoget.com/" target="_blank">Snoget</a> is a next generation social networking online game that redefines what players expect from social networking games by giving them the ability to collect and interact with items and brands that define their interests. It’s a new form of gameplay within a dynamic and constantly changing system, introducing all the complex human emotions around the desire to collect, communicate, collaborate, and customize. In short, this game requires you to find people with interests similar to your own.

    Snoget: A Next Generation Social Networking Game?

    Posted on October 27, 2009 | No Comments
    Dubbed as "the world’s first true social networking online game", Pugpharm's Snoget is a next generation social networking online game that redefines what players expect from social networking games by giving them the ability to collect and interact with items and brands that define their interests. It’s a new form of gameplay within a dynamic and constantly changing system, introducing all the complex human emotions around the desire to collect, communicate, collaborate, and customize. In short, this game requires you to find people with interests similar to your own.

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  • Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7? Well, it's going to take you years if you were to download dozens of essential software like Firefox, Windows Live Messenger and WinRAR to your fresh Windows build. This is when <a href="http://ninite.com/"target="_blank">Ninite</a> comes in really handy. Dubbed as "the easiest way to get apps", this simple but very useful tool allows Windows users to bulk download and install up to 59 popular PC applications with just one double-click. <img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2524/4048856107_838fe2441a_o.png" width="464" height="314" alt="ninite2" />

    HOW-TO: Install 59 Essential Software for Windows with One Double-Click

    Posted on October 27, 2009 | No Comments
    Upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7? Well, it's going to take you years if you were to download dozens of essential software like Firefox, Windows Live Messenger and WinRAR to your fresh Windows build. This is when Ninite comes in really handy. Dubbed as "the easiest way to get apps", this simple but very useful tool allows Windows users to bulk download and install up to 59 popular PC applications with just one double-click. ninite2

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  • <img style="float:right;" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2610/4049565114_0f0b79b2e5_o.jpg"/>In a recent <a href="http://money.cnn.com/2009/10/26/technology/twitter_evan_williams.fortune/index.htm" target="_blank">CNN interview</a> with Twitter CEO Evan Williams, he said that if he were to be given a choice, he would rather have adults on the micro-blogging platform than teenagers. He added on by saying Twitter is not a social networking website, and the main focus of the San Francisco-based company is real-time information of the things you care about -- work, industry, company, news. Recently, statistics have shown that teens don't use Twitter and the Twitterverse is dominated by young adults between the age of 18-34. As a professional tech blogger, I love Twitter because it's a useful tool in helping me to promote my tech blog to a wider audience and to keep up to the latest trends or news in the world. However, when it comes to publishing personal updates, Facebook is still my preferred choice as many of my friends and schoolmates use the social networking giant.

    Twitter CEO: I’d Rather Have Adults on Twitter than Teens

    Posted on October 27, 2009 | No Comments
    In a recent CNN interview with Twitter CEO Evan Williams, he said that if he were to be given a choice, he would rather have adults on the micro-blogging platform than teenagers. He added on by saying Twitter is not a social networking website, and the main focus of the San Francisco-based company is real-time information of the things you care about -- work, industry, company, news. Recently, statistics have shown that teens don't use Twitter and the Twitterverse is dominated by young adults between the age of 18-34. As a professional tech blogger, I love Twitter because it's a useful tool in helping me to promote my tech blog to a wider audience and to keep up to the latest trends or news in the world. However, when it comes to publishing personal updates, Facebook is still my preferred choice as many of my friends and schoolmates use the social networking giant.

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  • <strong>Twitter in Plain English:</strong> Created by <a href=CommonCraft, this video introduces the popular micro-blogging service Twitter and focuses on Twitter's ability to connect people in new ways, using short messages. The video includes: Why answers to the question "what are you doing" are interesting, The mechanics of Twitter - signing up, sharing and reading messages, and How a skeptical person fell in love with Twitter. " title="Top 5 Most Creative ‘in Plain English’ Videos" />

    Top 5 Most Creative ‘in Plain English’ Videos

    Posted on October 27, 2009 | No Comments
    Twitter in Plain English: Created by CommonCraft, this video introduces the popular micro-blogging service Twitter and focuses on Twitter's ability to connect people in new ways, using short messages. The video includes: Why answers to the question "what are you doing" are interesting, The mechanics of Twitter - signing up, sharing and reading messages, and How a skeptical person fell in love with Twitter.

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  • <img style="float:right;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3483/4048987249_b6dc148671_m.jpg"/>The Internet is set to undergo one of the biggest changes in its four-decade history, with the expected approval this week of international domain names — or addresses — that can be written in languages other than English, an official said yesterday. That change could potentially open up the Web to more people around the world as addresses could be in characters as diverse as Arabic, Korean, Japanese, Greek, Hindi and Cyrillic, in which Russian is written. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or Icann — the non-profit group that oversees domain names, or website addresses — is holding a meeting this week in Seoul.

    Web Addresses May Go Beyond English

    Posted on October 27, 2009 | No Comments
    The Internet is set to undergo one of the biggest changes in its four-decade history, with the expected approval this week of international domain names — or addresses — that can be written in languages other than English, an official said yesterday. That change could potentially open up the Web to more people around the world as addresses could be in characters as diverse as Arabic, Korean, Japanese, Greek, Hindi and Cyrillic, in which Russian is written. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or Icann — the non-profit group that oversees domain names, or website addresses — is holding a meeting this week in Seoul.

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  • <img style="float:right;" src="http://www.google.com.sg/intl/en_com/images/logo_plain.png" alt="" />Google has emerged from a Stanford University research project to one of the world's most popular search engine, handling billions of search queries everyday. The Californian-based tech company has been identified multiple times as Fortune Magazine's #1 Best Place to Work, and as the most powerful brand in the world. Today, I will make some forecasts to predict what will Google do in 10 years, and they all are based on trends, my experiences and observations. <strong>Year 2010</strong> Factor: Rich Internet Applications Action: Launch beta version of GDrive Reasons: Of course, RIAs are becoming increasingly popular, even Apple has launched MobileMe based on HTML5, and Microsoft has released its Silverlight Technology for building RIAs. Also, Adobe Flex is exactly the best builder of RIAs at the moment. Google should do something related to RIAs, and GDrive is the first choice.

    10 Years Down The Road – What Will Google Do?

    Posted on October 26, 2009 | No Comments
    Google has emerged from a Stanford University research project to one of the world's most popular search engine, handling billions of search queries everyday. The Californian-based tech company has been identified multiple times as Fortune Magazine's #1 Best Place to Work, and as the most powerful brand in the world. Today, I will make some forecasts to predict what will Google do in 10 years, and they all are based on trends, my experiences and observations. Year 2010 Factor: Rich Internet Applications Action: Launch beta version of GDrive Reasons: Of course, RIAs are becoming increasingly popular, even Apple has launched MobileMe based on HTML5, and Microsoft has released its Silverlight Technology for building RIAs. Also, Adobe Flex is exactly the best builder of RIAs at the moment. Google should do something related to RIAs, and GDrive is the first choice.

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