Otaku Gadgets

In a time when 100Mb/s makes people talk about what they will do with all that bandwidth (never mind that some European and Asian Countries already think nothing of it), here’s a report that details the growth of broadband over fiber over the next two decades. Analyst firm Analysys Mason was commissioned by the UK telecom regulator Ofcom to do an in depth study in to the future of Fiber and that has generated a report that suggests this outcome [PDF link]. The results are pretty clear — depending on what kind of a network is being used, end users will be able to access either a maximum of 10Gbps or 100Gbps. In both cases, the gateway of the provider will be 100Gbps. What you get will depend on what the ISP was feeling like when they built their network — long term or short term.

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Google has recently shown a lot of ambition by releasing its transltion toolkit into 345 different languages. These languages are extremely varied and range from the likes of Abkhazian to Zulu. This is the toolkit that Google uses to improve and ultimately create new language pairs that can be used for automatic translation works. And the best part for Google is that all the work is done by someone else, for free!

Continue reading “Google’s Translator Toolkit Is Helping The Machine Become A Better Translator” »

This had to happen at some point and it has happened. Google is hell-bent on moving everything we do to the cloud and hence they have acquired Picnik. Picnik is something that I have sometimes used to quickly edit pics for using on my posts instead of firing up PhotoShop. That one’s a resource hog. So what does Google intend to do with it? Do you even need to be told?

Continue reading “Google Acquires Picnik Online Photo Editor [Google]” »

It seems like Intel will be in attendance at Nokia’s press event at MWC (Mobile World Congress) tomorrow. The invitations that were sent out to the press had both Intel and Nokia’s logo on them, suggesting another joint announcement from the collaborators. Of course, the companies themselves are barely saying anything about the whole affair. The official word is that they will be updating everyone about their relationship status and then Nokia can move on to a solo event about what new thing it has done in recent times. But that is only the official word and that is as good as not saying anything at all.

Continue reading “Nokia Might Launch A New Booklet At MWC Tomorrow [Nokia] [Intel]” »

Update: It was to make Valentine’s Day decorations. Say it with me – meh! I guess I should’ve followed logic and reason — Why would Apple release new stuff so soon after iPad? Anyway, that’s the end of that. For now.

Okay, so this usually happens when Apple adds something new. Like a lot of new things. The last time so many sites went down together, Apple released the new iMacs and Mac Minis.

Continue reading “Apple Stores Are Down All Over, No One Knows Why Though [Updated:It was for Valentine's Day!]” »

This is a project about a man trying and succeeding in his attempt to run the OS X 10.3 version on Nokia’s latest flasgship smartphone device — the N900. Someone should tell people like this that some things are better left alone even if they are possible practically. It is technically possible to each a chocolate chip cookie with hot mustard and cough syrup, doesn’t mean I will do it. Then again, some companies seem to share this philosophy when making new products — because it is possible to make a laptop that is powered by a 300MHz and runs on a semblance of an OS.

However, this was a personal project and seems like the guy had fun, so hats off to his patience. This is the first ever documented attempt and a successful one at that, to boot a full OS X off a smartphone. But if you really want to test your patience, why don’t you try networking Windows Vista with FreeBSD? Or watch a tortoise complete a 100 meter dash? It does make for a fun time lapse video though… of the franken-thing booting up. Yes, it needs heavy editing to show the thing booting up within a tolerable time frame. Know why? ‘Cause it takes 2 whole hours to boot up!

Enjoy the video on the other side.
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Okay, so this is not another story about how great the iPad is (or is not, whatever). This is a video made bya  guy called Neil Curtis who had way too much time in his hands one day recently. To take out only the adjectives in the iPad keynote, such an important announcement, and to list them off might sound like a fun exercise. He could’ve blogged about the list but they he would not have made this viral video that I am about to show you right now.

Yes, this is a video that edits the entire keynote video to include only the adjectives used during the keynote in to a three minute footage. I suppose the point is to show us exactly how the presenters tried to brainwash the audience. The result is of course not very sober and it does induce a snigger or two. But the fact that Gizmodo is plugging this shows that Neil is currently congratulating himself for coming up with the next internet meme? Only for peopel with a lot of patience, powerful machines and a thing for the parts of speech.

So enjoy the video which shall be available to you as soon as you jump over to the other side. It is fun, I assure you.

BTW, the iPad is already available as a torrent. Don’t ask me how I found it. I have a very slow internet connection. Continue reading “Some People Have Way Too Much Time [Steve Jobs iPad Keynote In Adjectives]” »

Well, there we have it folks, MacMillan has just confirmed (through a paid ad no less) that they really have been having problems with Amazon regarding the pricing of eBooks. The ad appeared on Publishers Lunch and it explains that MacMillan would like to change the pricing of digital books based on the new “agency” model.

Continue reading “Macmillan-Amazon Price Battle Confirmed As Real, Steve Smiles Contently” »

Amazon has been on the crosshairs of multiple companies ever since the Kindle became such a hit. But such a hit I mean it is a popular niche device that will probably never see the kind of mass success that devices like the iPhone enjoy. Yes, you know where I am going with this — Amazon is scared of Apple. They are scared of Apple’s Tablet might mean for them — the large tree in a field of little e-reader shrubs.

Continue reading “Amazon: Kindle Now Has App Support, Take That Apple!” »

Looks like Asus’ “quick, make something like that!” development cycle has borne fruit again. Behold Asus’ entry into the brave old world print media with two new eBook Readers – the DR-570 and DR-950. The DR-570 is a 6inch device while the DR-970 is a 9inch device. So the question is why they are not called Dr-500 and DR-900. Nevermind. So it seems like Asus is suddenly very forthcoming about their eBook readers. Last time they were asked, they were really reluctant to say anything beyond a vague acknowledgement.

Continue reading “Asus Reveals Two E-Book Readers In A Row: DR-570 & DR-950 [No EeeBook Reader]” »