Recently, Apple held their annual iPod unveiling in California. This is a great time for everyone to get a look at the latest and greatest Apple has to offer. They didn’t disappoint this year. They showcased a number of things including a new iPod Nano, iPod Touch, iPod Shuffle, iPod Classic, and of course, Steve Jobs.
All the good stuff after the break.
» Read more: New iPods For Everyone
I posted a little while ago about Trillian Astra, the universal chat client from Cerulean Studios. It has now been officially released. It is available for FREE. You can purchase the pro version if you choose. I did because I love the program and I want to show support. If you like it, you should too. You get access to themes, early releases of patches and bug fixes, chat history, and more. To download Trillian Astra, click here.
Who’s sick and tired of trying to reach people at home, at work, on their cell, etc. etc. blah blah blah? Google has solved your problem and they did it with style… Introducing:
Google has made this free service so that when you register with them, they give you a single phone number. You give this single number out to everyone who wants to call you, even the people who you want to screen first before picking up. Then, when they call that number, it will ring you on the phones you have registered with Google Voice. Don’t worry, there are ways of filtering and screening which are explained after the break. The idea is quite nifty. Unfortunately, at the moment, it is invite only from Google, but I managed to get into the beta program after about 2 weeks, so go ahead and register! More details about the system after the break.
» Read more: Google Voice
This is one really funny video that a friend of mine showed me awhile back.
The new contact list for Trillian Astra
Although this isn’t recent news, it might be helpful for those of you who aren’t familiar with it. Trillian Astra from Cerulean Studios is a very cool IM application. It allows connections on AIM, ICQ, Windows Live Messenger, GTalk, Yahoo, Facebook, Jabber, and their own new protocol, Astra Chat. You can also get updates from Facebook and Twitter too. Plus, it keeps tabs on your emails and alerts you to new emails. All around an extremely powerful application and very lightweight. Currently it is only available in Beta form on PC and Web (Yes, that’s right, you can login from anywhere you have internet and a web browser and chat with people!), although they are currently working on a Mac version as well as a version for the iPhone. If you want to learn more about it, click here.
I have been using Google’s Chrome browser now for awhile, currently running Chrome 3.0 Beta. It is by far the fastest and leanest web browser out there, scores a perfect 100 on the Acid3 rendering test, and has a very sleek UI. If you missed the news yesterday, Google finally brought all of their products out of Beta stage yesterday (Gmail, Gtalk, Google Docs, and Google Calendar).
» Read more: Google Apps lose Beta tag, OS on the way!
If you haven’t been to gdgt.com yet, go check it out. The former editor in chief of Engadget.com along with its founder, have joined up to create the ultimate gadget site. It combines the standard news and information of a normal blog, but adds a social networking twist. It’s very cool. You can browse through devices and add them to “Have”, “Want”, and “Had” lists, and then rate each device. It’s totally worth checking out. Follow me on there (similar to Twitter in that respect), my username is Noxx.
So In case you haven’t been following the case with Psystar and Apple, let me catch you up. Psystar has been making custom computers that are able to run Apple’s OSX operating system. The problem is, Apple clearly states that this is not allowed in their EULA agreement. A couple months ago, there was a court case in which Apple was sueing Psystar over this (I never actually heard the outcome of this case so if you have heard, comment and let me know). Since then, Psystar has filed for chapter 11 Bankruptcy. Today, Psystar showed off a new line of their computers. It seems they just don’t learn.
Hey Everyone,
I finally got around to putting up my blog. I plan to keep everyone in the loop about new tech stuff as it comes out (Not that there aren’t billions of those already, I want to cover the tech that I love). Check back often for updates!
- D
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