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At the Symbian Smartphone Show today, Nokia showed S60 running with a touch interface. It supports both finger and stylus input, full multilingual support and tactile haptic feedback, and remains backwardly compatible with the existing S60 platform.
The stunning Nokia N95 8GB made its global shipping debut today, 15th October 2007. This power-packed, memory-loaded multimedia computer is the big brother of the original Nokia N95, doubling down on storage for media on the move.
In case you haven't heard, the Unreal Tournament 3 demo is out, available at FilePlanet, 3D Gamers or your friendly neighbourhood torrent sites. I tried it on my P4 3.2GHz with an ATI X800 XT, but it crawled.
James Wong will write and direct the upcoming Dragon Ball movie, set to begin production this November up in Canada. Wong previously directed Final Destination 1 and 3 and Jet Li's The One, with writing credits on those films too.
I love Adam Sandler comedies, and I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry is no exception, hilarious in a gay-themed way given its plot. I recommend it to anyone wanting a good laugh; I just really enjoyed the whole thing.
Rumoured upcoming Nokia phones: a 6233/6300 successor with a 3.2MP camera, Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, LED flash, 3G and a front video cam in a conservative metal design. The N78 is a cheap candybar replacing the N73.
This controversial 326-metre elevator carries you up the side of one of the enormous cliffs in Zhangjiajie, China, the lower third through rock and the rest outside to the summit. It's the world's highest and heaviest outdoor lift.
Microsoft's new Zunes come in an 80GB hard-drive version and 4GB and 8GB flash versions. I wonder whether they'll reach Singapore, since the previous Zune never did. The Zune 80 packs 80GB and uses the new Zune Pad control.
As promised, I've released updates to 12 of my plugins and added two new ones, all compatible with WordPress 2.3, though not always with 2.1 or 2.2. The two newcomers are WP-DownloadManager and WP-PluginsUsed.
Foreigners are arriving in unprecedented numbers, driving Singapore's largest population swell in over two decades. The foreign population, including professionals, workers, students and their families, reached an estimated 1,005,500 in June, crossing the one-million mark for the first time.
This came through my email. We always hear the rules from the female side, so here are the rules from the male side. Rule one: learn to work the toilet seat. If it's up, put it down.
Doing hardcore EJB 3.0 for my CS3214, I've never been more frustrated with Java. I particularly hate how, when Java throws an exception, printStackTrace gives me error lines for files that aren't even in my project, making debugging needlessly painful.
A bit of Microsoft trivia. Apparently nobody can create a folder named CON anywhere on a Windows computer; the whole Microsoft team supposedly couldn't explain why. Try it, and it really won't create a folder called CON.
I'm not interested in the Extreme version, since I don't overclock, so there's no point paying more for an unlocked multiplier I won't use. I'm hoping Intel offers 3,000MHz or higher in the normal edition.
Nokia announced the E51 yesterday; I'd expected an Eseries phone after Go Play, given the rumours on the Mobile Review forum. The E51 reminds me of a candybar version of the slider E65. My only gripe is its 2MP camera.
The US started airing Prison Break Season 3 last night, which I've waited months for! Grab it from your nearest friendly site, but be careful not to download an ODEX-ed copy, given the recent crackdown here in Singapore.
Parkour is an activity of French origin whose aim is to move as efficiently and quickly as possible, using mainly the human body. I just finished District 13, a French action film featuring parkour and starring David Belle.
My Pentium 4 3.2GHz desktop turns four in two months, and two days ago its power supply gave up, cutting power automatically so the computer is prone to shutting off anytime. Now I need a replacement PSU.
It's been a month since I caught a movie, but I finally found time last Friday for a midnight showing of Ratatouille at GV VivoCity. It was decent, if a bit draggy, but Pixar's animation impresses as always.
An interesting Neowin article. Ten years ago Microsoft was the company everyone loved to hate, slammed as a greedy industry bully using its monopolistic, clunky, copycat operating system. The piece asks whether Apple is now the new Microsoft.
Apple has announced a new iPod branch, the iPod Touch, refreshed the Shuffle and Nano, and renamed the fifth-generation iPod the iPod Classic. Imagine an iPhone without calling, just 8mm thick, and you have the iPod Touch.
Microsoft has released Silverlight 1.0 to the web, a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in for delivering richer experiences online. Notably, Microsoft will also work with Novell to extend support to Linux, broadening the reach of the new rich-media technology considerably.