Archive for February, 2011

The PlayStation 2 is a console few gamers will ever forget. Unlike the PS3’s awkward start it was a perfect follow-up to the PSOne and sold like hot cakes, and has continued to sell millions even as it was being replaced.
While I still have a PS2 under my TV, some people have decided to start […]

There are many limits I can see a user reaching on their PCs and in the online services they use. Storage is the main concern with your Gmail account having a storage limit, your Dropbox account having a ceiling depending on your account tier, and ISPs increasingly limiting our bandwidth quotas. One limit I never […]

Robot maker Vstone kicked off the world’s first full marathon for humanoids (or little robot fellas that have arms and legs), today at 10am Japanese time. In total there are 5 participants and it is estimated that it will take the robots until Sunday to complete the 42.195km full marathon in Osaka.
Vstone is using the […]

This Intel demonstration of Light Peak from back in December seems a whole lot more interesting today than it did back then. A few weeks ago Light Peak was just something cool that was on the horizon… something that we’d probably be able to use one day. Now it’s shipping (though the Light Peak code […]

We first got a sneak peak of the next version of Mac OS X, Lion, during Apple’s Back to the Mac live event in October. Now, after many months, we are getting closer to the official launch of Apple’s latest operating system, which set to go live this summer. So, in order to get members […]

Unless you belong to one of Microsoft’s secret clubs, in which case it’s already been made available to you, the very first service pack for Windows 7 should be popping into your Windows Update right around now. For many system administrators out there, this news marks the start of a very long week. A week […]