10 new features of Apple’s OS X ‘Leopard’ – WWDC 2007

OSX Leopard - WWDC2007The WWDC is upon us, and more than 5000 attendees have piled into the auditorium. Apple store is down. Surprise. Steve went into the features of Leopard after guys from Intel, EA Games and id Software took stage. Read more

ThinkPad Reserve Edition

A leather-bound notebook from Lenovo is due to arrive soon. It will be revealed on the 14th of June, as their viral marketing website states.

Some of the manufacturers have incorporated leather elements into their laptop designs (like ASUS U1F) – it would be interesting to see if Lenovo would take it to the next level.

Sony Ericsson P1i — a forgotten iPhone contender?

Sony Ericsson P1iWith all the talks about the upcoming Apple iPhone, there seems to be no contender on the market that can challenge it. Well, it just seems so, as SonyEricsson has recently announced a P1i model, which is a blend between their P and M series models.

SonyEricsson M600 did get very close to being a “perfect smartphone”, except for the fact that it didn’t have a camera. This is understandable, as the phone was initially developed for business customers and not all of the businesses would allow cameras on their premises. However, it has introduced a very usable QWERTY keyboard using rocking keys (each key has two letters mapped to it, which can be inputted by pressing on the right or on the left side of the key). Read more

Apple announces iTV – to be available in Q1 2007

iTVApple has announced a whole slew of new updates to their consumer electronics product line (including about 3 ‘one more things’), with the main focus on anodized aluminium body iPod Nano and Shuffle. But there was another one that has interested me a lot more – iTV. Apparently, it is a sort of set-top box with wireless capabilities that would let you watch your videos purchased from iTunes store on your TV – and it seems like in a whole 640×480 ‘goodness’. Read more

A guide to securing a wireless network

Wireless symbolThere is a lot of talk on securing wireless networks recently, and with some governments passing laws that make such practice obligatory, a lot of Mac switchers and Windows users alike are left a bit in the cold by the incomprehesibilities of wireless gear manuals. Don’t get me wrong, it’s always a good thing to read one (especially when you are new to it), but they don’t always explain what exactly you should do and, most importantly, why you should do it.

Now, I don’t pretend to have the best article about wireless network security out there, but I will try to make it as comprehensive as possible, outlining and describing the best practices one can adhere to in locking down a wireless network. Read more