Just Another Gadget Blog

Over at Gizmodo, they have got the details of the new iphone outlining some new stunning feature such as a camera at the front. Other than that the disign has evolved from being slick and slim to a bit bigger and more squared. For more information go over to Gizmodo’s site.

Via Gizmodo

This is another wacky video by “will it blend” where they try to blend the new iPad. Check out the video above to see the results.

SyncToy painlessly syncronises files and folders on a PC over a network and also partitions on the same hard drive, usefull for duel booting. This allows you to sync music, photos, documents too and SyncToy will copy the new files to a USB or SD card. (more…)

Google’s security researcher Travis Ormandy discovered the bug were it allows newer versions of Windows to run programs that date from the DOC era.

First appearing in Windows NT 3.1, the vulnerability has been carried over into almost every version of Windows that has appeared since.

Microsoft have confirmed that the vulnerability will be fixed in this months security update where it will also tackle a further 25 loop holes with 5 being rated as ‘CRITICAL’. This is not the first bug to be discovered and won’t be the last.

Read the full article on the BBC: Microsoft to patch 17-year-old computer bug.

Since the launch of Nokia’s Free Ovi Maps navigation software on 21 January 2010, it has had over 1.4million downloads according to Nokia.

The Ovi Map navigation covers 74 countries and 46 languages providing directions for drivers and walkers.

Pressure has been applied to the sat-nav industry as both Nokia and Google offer free downloadable navigation.

As much as I love Tom Tom, there’s nothing better than free usable software. Nokia has 39% of the global smart phone market and with free sat-nav it can only grow. However, if Apple and co come up with there own free alternative it would be an interesting battle.

Which is the next industry that will be hit with the advancement of smart phones?

Search engine giants Google are to phase out support for the aging Internet Explore (IE) 6. IE6 was at the centre of the cyber attacks on Google and as a result many governments advised their citizens not to use IE and instead use competitor browses such as Mozilla Firefox.

Microsoft has released a fix for IE6 but do recommend users to upgrade sooner rather than later. The issue is around 20% of web users still use the aging browser, including many corporate companies as well as UK government departments. with the red tape involved and elections looming, I don’t see this happening anytime soon.

Personally, I want to see the browser totally replaced as it causes many problems with web developments. It does not support modern web standards so I have to keep developing fixes for IE6 users. To be frank, it is a pain in the b’hind.

Microsoft has said it will support the browser till 2014. I would ask Microsoft WHY? Rather than have bug fixes, why not just replace the browser when a user downloads their REGULAR Microsoft Windows patches.

I’m not surprised that this publicity has allowed rivals such as Firefox to gain market share.

Internet Explorer has allot of problems which is creating groups of people going anti-ie. Webmasters also hate the browser for its backwards compatabilities. Google has joined this as they are going to stop Application support for the browser.  An email from GOOGLE.

In order to continue to improve our products and deliver more sophisticated features and performance, we are harnessing some of the latest improvements in web browser technology. This includes faster JavaScript processing and new standards like HTML5. As a result, over the course of 2010, we will be phasing out support for Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 as well as other older browsers that are not supported by their own manufacturers.

We plan to begin phasing out support of these older browsers on the Google Docs suite and the Google Sites editor on March 1, 2010. After that point, certain functionality within these applications may have higher latency and may not work correctly in these older browsers. Later in 2010, we will start to phase out support for these browsers for Google Mail and Google Calendar.

Google Apps will continue to support Internet Explorer 7.0 and above, Firefox 3.0 and above, Google Chrome 4.0 and above, and Safari 3.0 and above.

What do you thick about this move by GOOGLE? pleese comment.

I never saw this day come when the PS3 would have been hacked. Just cant wait for the clever people to make some HomeBrew Applications for it. More power to the people. With its high specs, what endless capabilities are there.

As we have herd “geohot” has successfully hacked the PS3 to have full read and write access, bypassing the Hypervisor.

“Geohot” explains on his blog how he’s located a critical portion of the memory to attack. By allocating it, pointing a whole bunch of code at those addresses, then deallocating it he causes many calls to invalid addresses. At the same time as those invalid calls he “glitches” the memory bus using a button on his FPGA board to hold it low for 40ns. This trips up the hypervisor security and somehow allows read/write access to that section of memory.

A video showing all of this below. (more…)

Ever searched the internet for music, just to listen. You have search search search for it and end up in missery. A new web app, GrooveShark, basicly incorporates amost the songs in one site. With its extensable layout and its frendley search anyone can basicly use it.

[GrooveShark]

Ever tried using youtube on your TV? Its allot of pain in the backside. Many more people are hooking up thier pc’s to thier TV, but some sites are designed like you’re sitting at your computer desk not on your living room couch. Youtube XL is Couch Freindly.

Many people are sporting HTPCs these days—media computers hooked up to their televisions—but some sites are designed like you’re sitting at your computer desk not on your living room couch. YouTube XL makes YouTube couch-friendly.

YouTube XL presents common YouTube options in a large display format for easy navigation without having to read a tiny font 20 feet across your living room. You can quickly navigate to spotlighted, top rated, and most viewed categories. Clicking on “More…” also gives you quick access to rising videos, most favorites, most discussed, and more.

You can also set the next video in your search results or viewing category to start playing when the current one ends and filter out content not suitable for minors. If you’ve been annoyed by the tiny fonts and buttons when trying to use YouTube in a living room setup, YouTube XL is a great way to access YouTube in a couch-friendly format.

Have another great site or tool for accessing streaming video on from the comfort of your living room? Let’s hear about it in the comments.

[YouTube XL]