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Top 5 Myths about Mac

Posted by kianyang on Friday, September 26th, 2008

Quite possibly one of the most talked about topic when it comes to a Mac. Here are 5 popular myths about the Mac and my personal take on them.
5. Macs are difficult to operate.
This is probably a less common myth that I hear nowadays but nonetheless there are still some people who believes that Macs [...]

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Posted by kianyang on Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

Hello and welcome to my blog on Macs, design trends and interesting tech news from around. This blog will  also serve as my test bed to master CSS and the WordPress engine. The template you see on this site was based off of WordPressFun from Maleika Attawel (http://rockatee.com/) which was featured on Smashing Magazine. Simply [...]

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T-Mobile G1 - Google’s Android Phone

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

The T-Mobile G1, Google’s first and official Android based phone has finally been released in the US. Coinciding with the release of the phone, Google has also officially opened its Android Market website that features applications for the new Android platform with over 50 free apps available for download immediately. The Android Market is accessible [...]

Firefox Mobile - Fennec

Monday, October 20th, 2008

Not to be confused with the Portable version of Firefox, Fennec is a Mozilla’s latest mobile web browser which was released as Alpha for the Maemo platform used on the Nokia Internet Table N810. Later releases will include more platforms but the current release already shows many promising features borrowed from its heavy weight desktop [...]

Apple’s New MacBook / MacBook Pro Coverage

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

Since the release, there’s been a wide coverage of the new MacBook and MacBook Pros and here I’ve collected some of the more interesting ones around the net. You’ve gotta check out Apple Insider’s article on the new MacBook fabrication process with photos and a few interesting points from ArsTechnica on the new button-less track [...]

New MacBook and MacBook Pros

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008

The cat’s out of the bag. Apple has unveiled the latest line of MacBook and MacBook Pros. So let’s see, the new MBs/MBP sare indeed using the new “brick” manufacturing process, MBs are now all aluminium based designs, sadly the rumors of a sub $800 model didn’t materialized but good news is that the MBs [...]

Go Green with Bamboo Bikes

Wednesday, October 1st, 2008

A bike maker from Las Vegas, Nevada has discovered the art of literally growing bicycles out from his field. By experimenting with the light sources and water, Craig Calfee grows bamboos into different sizes which he uses to build his bikes.

Google Chrome

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Earlier this month Google released the Beta version of their very own homebrew open-sourced web browser, Google Chrome. Pieced together from their Chromium project, Apple’s WebKit page renderer and also the V8 javascript engine, Chrome’s primary design goals were speed, stability and security with an added touch of intuitive UI design.