This whimsical ad for a Thailand tea beverage makes no sense, but I want one anyway… Tweet Source
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Oracle Buying Sun, Gets MySQL
Interesting news this morning, just as the 2009 MySQL Conference is starting. As is being reported all over the place, Oracle has agreed to buy Sun at $9.50 per share, giving them to a ton of great technology (Solaris, ZFS, MySQL, DTrace, etc.). Tweet
Magnetic "Cloud" sofa floats in mid air
Designer D.K. Wei came up with this awesome furniture concept: A sofa that floats on a magnetic field. It’s called "Cloud." Tweet Source
Intel Launches 2009 Level Up Game Dev Competition
Intel Launched Level Up 2009, its Visual Adrenaline Game Demo Challenge inviting professional, aspiring, and student game developers around the world to create demos with its products and compete for Best Threaded Game, Best Game-on-the-Go, and Best Game Optimized for Intel Graphics. Tweet
Skype works on AT&T’s 3G on iPhone 3.0
Skype works on AT&T’s 3G on iPhone 3.0 — We just found something very interesting. When you install Skype on a 3.0 iPhone, you can use AT&T’s connection to make and receive calls. Skype treats the 3G line like any other internet connection. The video is uploading now to youtube and will be posted as…
Why Apple’s New iPod Shuffle Isn’t Consumer Friendly
Last week, several blogs pointed out that the new iPod Shuffle, with the controls moved off the Shuffle and onto the headphones, was "needlessly complex" and "far from cost-effective." But it also turns out the new Shuffle uses DRM to lock out aftermarket accessories that aren’t authorized by Apple, and by "authorized" we mean, "Apple…
Apple leads 2009 customer satisfaction survey
According to Apple Insider, ChangeWave Research has released a survey indicating customer satisfaction with companies, and which companies customers plan to buy from in the near future. The company with the highest ratings was Cupertino-based Apple, inc. The survey revealed that Apple came in highest on customer satisfaction with 81%, followed by Asus with 67%…
Intel scores LG as a customer for mobile internet device that can make phone calls
Intel scores LG as a customer for mobile internet device that can make phone calls — Intel is announcing an important new collaboration with cell phone maker LG Electronics in a strategically important market for the world’s biggest chip maker. Tweet Source
Intel demos first-ever 32nm processors
Intel demos first-ever 32nm processors — Intel had a little roadmap event today to shed some light on its massive $7b fab investment, and the focus was mostly on the upcoming transition to 32nm processors — highlighted by the first-ever demo of a working 32nm Nehalem-based Westmere chip. Tweet Source
Gaming Performance: Win 7 vs Vista vs XP
FiringSquad broke out the benchmark-o-matic and went to town on Windows 7 beta, Vista and XP. They used a pair of rigs, one mid-range and the second high end, to compare gaming performance under the aforementioned operating systems. Right now, Windows 7 is kind of a mixed bag. While it was able to beat both…
