Even though it wasn’t exactly the best netbook I’ve ever looked at, the Kogan Agora 10-inch was still noteworthy for being cheap. And now it’s even cheaper, dropping $100 for both the base model and the “premium” version.
A 29 year old from Kasai City, Japan who doused himself with kerosene and torched his house, escaped without injuries and told police he wanted to kill himself after his 55-year old mother tossed “his valuable Gundam plastic models.”
This whole Apple rumour game has reached a new low point: In addition to the usual morons doing it for kicks, an iPhone software developer has “leaked” a video of Apple’s new tablet running their probably craptabulous game.
So that Microsoft and Nokia partnership announcement happened last night. Not quite the Windows Mobile on Nokia announcement some pundits expected it to be – instead the two companies are working together to bring Mobile Office to Nokia’s Symbian platform.
Sony, which we’ve blasted in the past for an insistence on proprietary formats, will support the open standard ePub format for its ebook readers. Open, of course, doesn’t mean “free of DRM”: This is really a jab at Amazon.
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Despite the fact that a whole heap of manufacturers are pushing to release 3D TVs for the home, and movie studios are pushing 3D movies in a big way, there’s still a big issue still to be overcome – what will actually be playing the 3D content? According to CNet, Sony reckons it could have a 3D Blu-ray player on the market by the end of next year.