For those who are speculating a January iPad 2 launch based on a rumour that came from a Chinese tech blog, Steve’s December 16 announcement will surely dampen their enthusiasm; yes, Apple is launching something on January 6, which happens to fall on the same day as the opening of CES 2011 and it is [...]
Apple released an update that adds RAW image compatibility for the following cameras to Aperture 3 and iPhoto ’11: Canon PowerShot G12 Leica D-Lux 5 Leica V-Lux 2 Nikon D7000 Nikon COOLPIX P7000 Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF2 Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 And if you have the older iPod Nano, has released a firmware that improves pronunciation for [...]
This is definitely one of the coolest things that will grace my iPhone. I wish it does Japanese.
Ken Rockwell’s recent “review” of the Nikon D7000 is so full of superlatives I found it painful: The D7000 is Nikon’s most advanced camera at any price. The fact that it sells for $1,200 make it a no-brainer, which is why it’s sold out. The D7000 is Nikon’s best DSLR ever. Not too long ago, [...]
Malaysia is a strange country if you are looking at it from the Facebook perspective: on one hand people are getting smoked, gassed and water cannoned, and on the other hand you see people bored with nothing to do, and basically wondering if life should exist after tomorrow [via Facebook]:
The last time I checked, I have a number of iPods lying around that have been gathering dust for a while. I currently carry an iPod Nano for audio podcasts and long distance “rhythmic noise generation” — playing music that cuts of the noise from outside when I am taking a bus or something; I [...]
While it’s hard to believe that the Adult Manga industry will go down without a fight, here’s an editorial piece from Asahi Shimbun: The Tokyo metropolitan government submitted a bill to revise an ordinance to strengthen regulations on depictions of sex specifically in manga and anime. It modified a bill rejected by the assembly in [...]
For the benefit of those who do not know this Southeast Asian country call Malaysia; this is a country where most of the wealthy people are concentrated in the capital city Kuala Lumpur. There used to be other big cities in the Northern parts of the Peninsular with Ipoh and Penang being two of these [...]
Tokyo: Prime Minister Naoto Kan said: ‘‘It is very problematic that information has been unjustly or illegally spilled,’’ Kan told reporters, when asked about a series of U.S. diplomatic cables, including some related to Japan, that have recently been disclosed by the whistle-blowing website. But the Japanese shouldn’t worry so much as they were not [...]
Vincent’s Little Birds may be right: I have tried to search the Malaysian Customs and Excise papers to see if the iPad launched in Malaysia along with 10 other countries on November 11 was classified under personal entertainment item like the iPods, but this is not an easy thing to do considering they probably hired [...]