iPhone 3.0 in Australia

I remember reading somewhere that, in Australia, the iPhone 3.0 software is coming out this Wednesday (tomorrow!).
I for one can’t wait for this. Copy and paste, and landscape keyboard in practically every app now will make a pretty big difference for me on the productivity front. The iPhone can be used for so many things now that it’s essentially a separate laptop for me.
Hopefully the blog I read it on was right and 3.0 does come out tomorrow!

Leopard is Coming

It took long enough, but Leopard is finally upon us. You just have to wait until October 26th.
The thing I like most about this, is that I won’t need to buy a whole new laptop just to upgrade. The specs are on the website, and the minimum requirements are:

512MB RAM

DVD Drive (Install)

9GB of Free Space (Unfortunately)

867MHz or faster Processor

So as you can see, pretty much any mac can run Leopard. Better than Vista, having to upgrade like crazy just to run it.

You can pre-order it now, if you want. Me, personally, am not going to (China) but I am going to buy it as soon as possible. Apple is good at creating hypes. Lets hope this is a good one.

Source: Apple

Robot Surgeons

Looks like the road to robot domination is set… either that or we’re all just really lazy! Writing this, I’m assuming that you have all heard about the zero-g surgery some doctors performed either earlier this year or last year (I forget), but now, they are doing the same thing but instead using robots! Looks like we aren’t sending human surgeons up to space to help astronauts after all.

Source: Engadget

Half-Maile Wide Crater will Now Be Entered

The rover on Mars will now enter the half-mile wide crater that has recently cleared after a 2 month dust storm.  The Rover (Opportunity) had been sitting on the edge of the Victoria Crater.  When the dust storm started, it looked like it would kill the Opportunity’s power, but now that the storm has cleared up, it is OK to continue.

COOL!

The Rumors Were Right!

Well, looks like the rumors were right. The new iPod Touch has now been unveiled. Basically looks and works exactly like the iPhone. But more space in the more expensive version (8GB for the cheaper one and 16GB for the more expensive one). I personally HAVE TO HAVE THIS! But that’s just me.  But another cool feature for it is the new Wi-Fi music store.  So now you can download music from your iPod.  I think this is what many people wanted in the first place.  A way to download music from the music store without having to use a computer.  Great job Apple (and yes, as you may have figured out, I’m an Apple fan boy (most of the time )).  There’s also another cool wi-fi feature.  Apple is continuing to work with Starbucks.  So say your in Starbucks, and you hear a song you like.  Go to the wi-fi music store and then it will tell you what has been and is playing at Starbucks.  So now you don’t need to find the name!They have also changed the look of all the other ipods. You should be able to see here!  The 16GB version will be going for  $399.00US and the 8GB for $299.00US.  Pretty good deal I think.  But only because it is around the same amount for an old iPod video.  I think it replaces the lack of capacity with features.

A Real Live Flying Saucer!

Sorry I haven’t posted in a while. I have been very busy with school and studying for the IGCSE’s next year. Anyway, I found this on the Yahoo! homepage. Looks like a company have come up with a ‘Hover Car’ which is in the shape of a flying saucer and they say it will hover about 10 feet off the ground. Well hey! We gotta start from somewhere. Won’t be long before we are living in the future we see in the movies!

The link to the video is here.

Also, while on the Yahoo! site.  There is a new beta version of the Yahoo! Music Service.  They make things easier to use and have a few more features on the homepage without it getting too cluttered.  Looks good Yahoo!

MMO on PSP!!!!!!

ok, this is for all you sony fanboys out there. Coder ocean19 has developed an MMO for psp!!!! Ocean19 says it’s based on Zeke Walker’s Phaos, and with Zene’s permission, modded it to play on psp.

It’s called PSPOnline, and is your typical MMO, where you trade, build, get your levels up, battle, create etc. This comes as great news for those of us (like me) who adore runescape, but cant think of a way to lug the desktop into your room. oh, PSPOnline is situated at http://pspon.it.cx/.

-r080fr49.
P.S. sorry i havnt posted in a while, Homework’s killing me!!!!

Are We Just Another Version of the Sims?

An oxford philosopher named Nick Bostrom thinks that there is a high chance that we are living in a virtual world from the future us. Basically, he thinks that we are The Sims from the future.

Cool!  Now, what would happen if the computer playing us crashed?  What a way to die, jeez.

But come on, it can’t be that bad can it?  If we are then this comes closer to solidifying that our future is planned for us!

New Apple Stuff!

 About 3 days ago (I am writing this on the 9th August Australian time, 8th August American time) Apple computers released 3 new products.  The first is iWork ’08.  Apples alternative to Microsoft Office for the Mac OS X operating system, however, did not have a spreadsheet program.  Until this release.  There are now 3 programs.  The first is Pages, a word processor, the second program is Keynote, a Power Point alternative, and now, the third is a new program called Numbers, the spreadsheet program.  For those who use Mac OS X, you don’t have to invest in Microsoft Office anymore, iWork is inexpensive (US$9.99 to upgrade from iWork ’06 and about US$79.99 for new installation) and lets you export as a Microsoft Office file if necessary.The second announcement Apple made was about iLife ’08.  The next version of Apples iLife suite.  This includes updated iWeb, iPhoto, iMovie etc.  This, also, is US$79.99 to buy and about US$9.99 to upgrade.  Both iWork ’08 (Trial) and iLife ’08 (full version)come pre-installed on new Mac’s from the date of the announcement.The third announcement was about the new iMac.  Apple released the next version of the loved iMac, made of glass, high quality plastic and aluminum.  Also, with a re-designed keyboard with your choice of wireless or wired.  The wireless is smaller and does not have the number pad at the right hand side.Overall, I think that these 3 announcements are great.  And if you are planning on buying a new MacBook, I (personally) would wait, as a new, upgraded MacBook/pro may be just around the corner. 

Companies Love to Hate YouTube

A bunch of music publishers have decided to join the lawsuit against YouTube for copyright infringement.The National Music Publishers Association said that it was mostly concerned about artists not getting proper repayment for their music when it is uploaded to YouTube.Television channels such as Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and MTV are also joining for the same reason.