Most people will tell you that Windows 7 is snappier than Vista, even though the raw numbers say otherwise. But it’s not in your head. Windows 7 is more responsive than Vista. Here’s why.
The WHO has raised the Swine Flu—which you can follow in this map or through Twitter—to alert level 5, which means a pandemic is imminent. Not funny. Some people, however, are having fun.
This gentleman is extremely upset about his MacBook Air’s damaged hinge, so what does he do? He stabs it in the face, obviously.
Initially, Amazon’s Personal Document Service would push converted files to your Kindle for a flat $US0.10 each. Well, changes are afoot: Amazon has announced expanded format support, but a higher fee of $US0.15—at least.
The WSJ reports that Apple is putting together an all-star chip design team, starting with the former CTO of AMD, to work on in-house units for mobile devices. Old habits die hard, I guess.
Sometimes, nature’s best images are not taken with the best cameras and the largest objectives. Sometimes all it takes is a load of elephant dung. The results are cute, frightening, majestic, and always stunningly beautiful.
To combat the Sahara Desert’s ongoing growth, student Magnus Larsson has proposed a 6,000km wall that will be—wait for it—constructed by letting a bacterium have its way with the sand, forming sandstone.
Google commissioned 11 short films about its Chrome browser, ranging from exceedingly slick and excellently-soundtracked (below) to cool stop-action films. They’re all very well-done and variously informative and adorable. [Google Chrome via TechCrunch]
The Flip UltraHD is the true sequel to the cheap, crappy-but-good enough camcorder that’s smuggled 13 percent of the market and was once our favourite cheap camcorder. So, how is it in HD?
