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Acer Aspire Timeline 1810T looks good

Originally posted on August 12, 2009 @ 10:00 am

Will you look at that. We don’t even know how to define netbooks anymore. The Acer Aspire Timeline 1810T sports an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display, and has a 1.4GHz Intel ULV processor and GMA 4500MHD graphics. It’s not an Intel Atom! It can also handle up to 4GB of RAM, comes with a 250GB hard drive, and HDMI out.

This kind of reminds me how far netbooks have gone. heck, 11.6 inches will provide us with the best possible option for portability (heck, us travelers need all the help we can get) without sacrificing screen space.

OS X Update Kills Netbook Hackintosh Capabilities?

Originally posted on November 4, 2009 @ 7:10 am

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Now this is just a rumor, but if this is true, man, this is going to suck big time for all you hackintosh enthusiasts. You see, the upcoming 10.6.2 update to Mac OS X apparently changes the way the OS interacts with the CPU. The changes are so drastic that it looks like the new version of OS X will not work with machines using Intel Atom processors.

We don’t know if it’s a necessity on Apple’s part or they just decided to annoy the hell out of hackintosh owners, but either way it is a bummer.

Of course, it might change and the final version of OS X 10.6.2 might just support Atom (heh, fat chance). But until then, hackintosh owners are advised to stay away from 10.6.2.

Acer coming up with netbook running Google Android

Originally posted on October 6, 2009 @ 10:00 am

Apparently, Acer’s Android netbook will be available to the general public by November. The reported of the netbook is around $300 to $350, and it won’t be all that much cheaper than the current 10-inch Aspire One since it still runs Windows and will have comparable specs.

So now I’m wondering why install Android in the first place if Windows is still going to be running alongside it. I’d rather wait for the Google Chrome OS netbook, mind you.

Legit Chrome OS screenshots?

Originally posted on August 7, 2009 @ 10:00 am

You guys do know that I’m pretty much excited over Google’s Chrome OS for a lot of reasons. And guess what, these screenshots, purportedly of the new OS, are floating around the web.

I’m pretty skeptical, because, well, Chrome might just be command line at this point. For one, the font isn’t really Google-ish. But who knows, right? [Read more…]

Donation Drive for Typhoon Ondoy Victims in the Philippines

Originally posted on September 30, 2009 @ 11:12 am

As you may have read in the news already, the Philippines has been hit by one of the strongest typhoons in over 40 years. Typhoon Ondoy (international name Ketsana) has displaced hundreds of thousands of families and left hundreds of people dead.

Floods are still everywhere and people are left with no electricity, food, water, and at the worst, no roof over their heads.

Splashpress Media is running a donation drive in aid of the victims of the flooding in Metro Manila. We are starting the donation drive with $1,000 from ourselves. For those who can make credit card payments, you may directly send donations to the Philippine National Red Cross which is one of the bigger organizations organizing and handling aid. However, for those who might prefer PayPal, The Philippine National Red Cross can also accept PayPal payments through this address: [email protected].

You may link to our campaign drive using some buttons we have created:

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You can copy and paste the code below, so you can add a link to our donation page on your blog, website, or social networking profile.

We will list the names and links of all donors here in this post (please email us after you have sent a payment to the Red Cross).

Any help or form of support will be appreciated!