Tony Tsai's posterous http://vanillaportal.com micro blog, mega stories posterous.com Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:54:00 -0800 iOS 4.2 is available now http://vanillaportal.com/ios-42-is-available-now http://vanillaportal.com/ios-42-is-available-now

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Apple has finally released iOS 4.2. Update your iDevice to the latest iOS version in iTunes or use the direct download links below:
iPad
iPhone 4
iPhone 3GS
iPhone 3G
iPod Touch 2nd gen
iPod Touch 3rd gen
iPod Touch 4th gen

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A precious footage showing how photographs were retouched before Photoshop was even created.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/435466/IMG_3627.JPG http://posterous.com/users/5eHx69RjhB9n Tony Tsai vanillaportal Tony Tsai Tue, 05 Oct 2010 02:44:21 -0700 Duke is back! (after 12 years) http://vanillaportal.com/duke-is-back-after-12-years http://vanillaportal.com/duke-is-back-after-12-years

I dropped my jaw when I see this. Duke Nukem Forever is making its come back, the demo looks sweeeeet! After 12 years, this title can finally be scratched from the list of most anticipated vaporware, and I can’t wait!

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This is by far the creepiest iPhone accessory I’ve seen. I feel like cutting the cord after the phone has been charged.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/435466/IMG_3627.JPG http://posterous.com/users/5eHx69RjhB9n Tony Tsai vanillaportal Tony Tsai Sun, 03 Oct 2010 21:11:00 -0700 Folding@Home 10 Year Anniversary http://vanillaportal.com/foldinghome-10-year-anniversary http://vanillaportal.com/foldinghome-10-year-anniversary

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October 1st marked the 10th year anniversary for the Folding@Home project. As an early donor I’ve been following it since the project started, but I have to confess that I am mostly inactive as a donor. In the past 10 years, I have only completed 599 WU (Work Unit), which is a miniscule amount of contribution when compared to most active donors. However, I’ve witnessed the progress of the project, from its infant stage (client with no optimization), all the way to the later supports for SSE instruction, SMP, ATi Stream, nVidia CUDA, 64-bit client, PS3 and now OpenCL. The team of Folding@Home did a wonderful job utilizing the new technologies and making their distributed computing network to perform more efficiently. Congratulations!

Start Folding for a good cause

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Funny ad, you don’t need to understand Japanese to get it.

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The PlayBook looks quite good on paper, it comes with 7-inch 1024x600 multitouch display, front and rear cameras, Flash 10.1 support, mini USB port, HDMI-out, WiFi, Bluetooth, 0.4-inches thickness, and weighted just 400g. From these specs, this thing feels like the tablet that everyone is waiting for. I own an iPad myself, there are certain things it’s really good at, and there are other things the iPad just won’t let you do conveniently. I am looking forward to see the PlayBook in action and hopefully it’ll be released on-time.

More from Engadget

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(I Love Windows Phone)

Microsoft is set to unveil several new Windows Phone 7 handsets on October 21 worldwide. New Yorkers will get an early first-hand sneak peak during Microsoft’s open house event in NYC on October 11. Buyers in UK, France, Italy and Spain will have to wait a bit before purchasing the latest phone from retail shelves on October 21st.

Windows Phone 7 Preview

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/435466/IMG_3627.JPG http://posterous.com/users/5eHx69RjhB9n Tony Tsai vanillaportal Tony Tsai Thu, 23 Sep 2010 19:08:00 -0700 First HP Slate video on YouTube http://vanillaportal.com/first-hp-slate-video-on-youtube http://vanillaportal.com/first-hp-slate-video-on-youtube

Someone posted a video about the unreleased HP Slate on YouTube. This thing looks nicely constructed and aesthetically attractive, I really like diamond shape back plate. However, this thing runs on Windows 7, which I am completely not excited about. Let’s face it, Windows 7 is not a good OS for slate devices. It doesn’t do touch very well, it takes substantial time to wake itself up from either sleep or hibernation, and…I haven’t seen anyone has came up a virtual keyboard solution as good as Apple (of course, there’s still room for Apple make improvement, maybe take the number keys above the QWERTY keyboard? Hint hint). Alright, my call is that, this thing is probably not the iPad killer we all have been waiting for.

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Now you can spend $50 extra to pay for an “upgrade” that already exists on your purchased CPU. According to Intel, the upgrade card unlocks your Pentium G6951 to full 1MB L3 cache, plus enabling HyperThreading. Yes, you heard me right, $50 for 1MB of L3 cache + HyperThreading. Putting the sour taste aside, how could they justify that the cache and HyperThreading worth 50 dollars? You probably won’t feel any difference after doing the “upgrade”. Greedy…just greedy…

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We Bing, we Bing, and Bing, Bing, Bing!

According to Nielsen, Bing has beaten Yahoo! and became the second largest search engine in US. Of course, Google still holds the number one spot with a more than comfortable lead. More info here.

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Try out Live stream broadcasting from YouTube if  you are interested.
**Update: it's over now.

 

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You’ve gotta give it up for this one, simply awesome! What is the best way to celebrate RTM? Put your competitor’s product in a coffin and have a funeral parade around town. I can’t wait to see the kind of party Microsoft will throw when Windows Phone 7 beats iPhone in market share. More Pictures.

Microsoft workers bustin’ a move

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A Hacker named pod2g claim jailbreak on iOS 4.1. This new jailbreak seems to be the holy grail of all jailbreaks. The new hack is based on an boot ROM exploit which means Apple would need to exchange the hardware to seal the bug. Go out and your iPhone4 now before Apple rolls out the fixed batch from the factories.

 

 

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/435466/IMG_3627.JPG http://posterous.com/users/5eHx69RjhB9n Tony Tsai vanillaportal Tony Tsai Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:05:14 -0700 New Apple iPod Touch (2010) Review http://vanillaportal.com/new-apple-ipod-touch-2010-review http://vanillaportal.com/new-apple-ipod-touch-2010-review
A thorough review from AnandTech.com. The review pointed out several things missing on the new iPod Touch, when you compare it with the iPhone 4. A very good read for anyone who is considering getting one of those.

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I thought this piece of news got the potential of becoming the next hyped internet meme, but it's actually kind of disappointing. Let's see if this one could make it on iTunes store.

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/435466/IMG_3627.JPG http://posterous.com/users/5eHx69RjhB9n Tony Tsai vanillaportal Tony Tsai Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:09:00 -0700 Apple iOS 4.1 released http://vanillaportal.com/apple-ios-41-released http://vanillaportal.com/apple-ios-41-released Grab the latest & greatest update from Apple.com. All you iPhone 3G owners should grab this update for the bug fixes. HDR Photo looks like an interesting idea, I wish I have an iPhone or new iPod Touch to try it out. Too bad I have neither. I am waiting for iOS 4.2 release for my iPad though ;)

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/435466/IMG_3627.JPG http://posterous.com/users/5eHx69RjhB9n Tony Tsai vanillaportal Tony Tsai Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:18:00 -0700 Google introduced Google Instant http://vanillaportal.com/google-introduced-google-instant http://vanillaportal.com/google-introduced-google-instant

Google described it as the “new” way to search, but, hasn’t http://www.keyboardr.com been doing this for quite a while already?

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/435466/IMG_3627.JPG http://posterous.com/users/5eHx69RjhB9n Tony Tsai vanillaportal Tony Tsai Tue, 23 Feb 2010 18:49:37 -0800 My dying iPod (3rd day) http://vanillaportal.com/my-dying-ipod-3rd-day http://vanillaportal.com/my-dying-ipod-3rd-day Okay, this thing is going to hell very soon. As a owner of several iPods (from 4th gen iPod to 1st gen iPod Touch), this is the first time I see the iPod dying in person. All other iPods had battery degrade issues, which is expected, but non of them had screens dying except this one. R.I.P. my 1st gen iPod Touch.

What should I get next? wait for 3rd gen iPod touch? iPhone? Android? or a brand spanking new Windows Mobile 7? hehe

Lgim0103

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It's getting worse today, I am starting to wonder how much worse could it be?
Lgim0102

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