Hasta La Gadget!

This article was written on December 24, 2006 by CyberNet.

I thought Facebook would undoubtedly be the next YouTube and sell their soul to another company. At $1 billion I thought it was a done deal but as it turns out that just isn’t enough:

Zuckerberg, founder of the Facebook social networking website, has told Yahoo!, the internet giant, that $1 billion is not enough to sell out. Now leaked documents suggest that Yahoo! was willing to raise its bid to $1.6 billion.

So why would Facebook be turning down so much money? They are either really set on keeping it an independent service or there are other offers on the table. Back in October there were rumors that Google was offering $2.35 billion for Facebook which falls quite short of offers Yahoo! has made for them.

The CEO is Mark Zuckerberg and is only 22 years old. He owns 30% of the company and the recent offer of $1.6 billion from Yahoo! would put $480 million in his pocket. What’s pretty cool is that he is one of the most casual CEO’s I have ever heard of:

One story has it that Microsoft had to abandon a planned 8am conference call with Zuckerberg because he said that he would still be in bed then. Zuckerberg, who often turns up to his office in Palo Alto, California, wearing Adidas sandals, took exception to a drawing in The Wall Street Journal because it showed him wearing a shirt with a collar instead of his habitual T-shirt.

At this point Zuckerberg might be hoping for other offers from other large companies like Microsoft and Google before finalizing any decisions. Man, $480 million (which is what he would get) is quite a bit of money though. Let’s just hope they don’t get too greedy and start to lose popularity like Friendster.

Thanks for the tip Curtiss!

News Source: Times Online [via Digg]

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Okay, so a couple of weeks back, we wouldn’t have cared if Best Buy was willing to give us money to carry the Xperia X10, we still would have steered clear of its flawed UI and outdated software. But Sony Ericsson did a funny thing last Friday by promising to slap Gingerbread on this 4-inch sucker, which makes its current $1 contract price an eminently more intriguing proposition. We scouted out Best Buy’s web outlet and couldn’t find the X10 listed at all, so this could very well be a final stock clearance of the handset available on a store-by-store basis. If you’re tempted to jump on what’s looking like one of the cheapest Gingerbread devices for a while, you should be aware that the Android 2.3 update won’t be dropping until the end of Q2 at the earliest, so there will be a modicum of patience required.

[Thanks, Adam]

Xperia X10 goes on sale for just a dollar on contract, Gingerbread-flavored future makes it appealing originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 03 Apr 2011 09:02:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you didn’t jump on an Alpha A33 when you had the chance, you’ll probably be disappointed when your eyes glaze over the next few words — Sony has discontinued production of the translucent mirror-packed shooter. On its site, the company has noted that production has halted in Japan, without specific reasoning as to why — though some might say that overheating sensor was just too much to bear. It’s not often that a seven month-old DSLR gets canned, but if Sony’s got a refined sensor waiting in a doubly refined successor… well, that’ll put a plug in the waterworks real quick.

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This article was written on March 07, 2006 by CyberNet.

John T. Haller put a lot of work into the Portable Firefox 1.5 to make it easy for us to carry Firefox with us anywhere that we go. I use this all the time at school, and just today with the release of Firefox 1.5.0.2 my mind got to wondering whether I can update the Portable Firefox 1.5 to 1.5.0.2 myself without having to wait for it to be updated.

John designed the program very well and it made it very easy for me to upgrade. All I had to do was install Firefox 1.5.0.2 to the Firefox directory that was located in the main folder. Everything (extensions, profile, etc…) was left in tact and I was back up and running in minutes.

To make it easier for people in the future I have taken the liberty to install Firefox 1.5.0.2 in Portable Firefox and I zipped it up. To use it on your USB drive or flash drive, all you have to do is download the file, unzip it, and run the PortableFirefox.exe that is located in the main folder.

I have only been testing it out today so I don’t know if everything is fully compatible yet, but I would imagine much would not have changed.

I am in no way taking credit for the design of Portable Firefox but I am merely updating it. If you would like to find more applications that can be used on your USB drive or other portable device then make sure to check out PortableApps.com. They also have cool applications like Portable Gaim, Portable OpenOffice, and Portable Filezilla!

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This article was written on September 17, 2007 by CyberNet.

While iPods look clean and shiny right out of the box, it doesn’t take long for a few scratches to appear. They tend to scratch fairly easily, even when you try (like I did) to keep it scratch free. Unless you’re using a case or cover of some sort, it’s inevitable that it will happen eventually.  Here are a few tips on different ways that you can fix the scratches on your iPod:

• Remove the "shiny" surface from the back of your iPod using a rough sponge (instructions here). This gives it a "brushed" look (pictured above) which will take away the shine, the fingerprints, and the scratches. Cost: Nearly free! 
• iCleaner – this non abrasive alcohol free cleaner will remove scratches from both plastic and metal surfaces. If you’d like your iPod to look closer to the way it did when you first bought it, give it a try. Cost: $19.95-$35.00
• Brasso – Using Brasso and a dremel with a buffer attachment, you’ll be able to restore your iPod to "near-new" condition. You could also try using Brasso with a soft cloth, it just may take you longer to get the scratches out than using a dremel with a buffer attachment. Cost: About $4
• iDrops – "A simple easy to use, one bottle solution for cleaning, polishing, and removing scratches from you iPod, iBook, White MacBook and more." Cost: $14.95

If you have any other suggestions, let us know!

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