Hasta La Gadget!

This article was written on May 28, 2008 by CyberNet.

Last night at the D6 conference both Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer sat down together for an interview. We’ve got two highlight videos from the conference below, and there were actually some interesting things brought up. What’s even more surprising is that there were some jokes being thrown around.

Before we get into that we wanted to bring some attention to the multi-touch Windows 7 interface that was demoed. Despite being rather tight-lipped on Windows 7 Microsoft decided to show off a glimpse of what’s in store for the future operating system, but it didn’t go any further than the multi-touch capabilities. My question is whether people are actually looking for multi-touch capabilities in a laptop? The Tablet PC market never really seemed to explode like Bill Gates said it would, and I don’t think that on-screen multi-touch laptops are going to do any better. Sure there will be a chunk of the population who will find it useful, but the hardware required will probably fall outside of the price range for general consumers. Take a look at this video demonstration by Microsoft and give us your opinion:

And as you can see in that video there is not a drastically new interface in Windows 7 like those pictured over at Crunchgear. In fact the credibility of their “screenshots” has already been smashed. All of them are clearly mockups (apparently not even done by Microsoft), and some even look like they date back to the Longhorn days.

If you’ve got 12-minutes to kill here are the highlights from the Bill Gates and Steve Jobs interview, and they are worth watching in my opinion. The first video covers their chat about the history of Microsoft, and the second half focuses on current/future developments.

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Halloween is fast approaching! And you know what that means? That’s right, being a jerk.

In today’s multi-media age, is there any better way to punk your friends and loved ones than sending them a scary pop-up video? You’ve received them before: an innocuous YouTube link with simple directions along the lines of “Dude, check this video out–keep the sound turned way up.” The link leads to some seemingly average clip, but at some random moment, a decomposing hell demon jumps out and you spill your coffee all over your keyboard and swear to never speak to that friend again. But then you clean up and email it on to everyone on your contact list.

And the cycle of YouTube terror continues.

We went through the creepiest corners of the internets to find the finest examples of pop-up scary. We even took the extra step of telling you exactly when the zombie attack is coming. That way you can avoid the scary for yourself, while making others in your social circle poop their pants.

So, have some fun at the expense of those closest to you. They’ll all surely appreciate the fact you decided to include them in your Halloween festivities.

Scary’s after the jump.

(Have any other good ones? Leave the links in the comments)

If you have video on your iPhone or iPad and want to display it on your television, you don’t have too many options, and your options depend heavily on the video you want to play and the television you have. Thankfully, the new Scosche sneakPEEK II is designed to give you a tool that will work for just about every type of television.

The sneakPEEK II is a switchable composite and component A/V cable that plugs into the bottom of your iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch using the dock connector at the bottom of the device.  On the other end of the cable, you can choose to connect the component or composite cables to your television, depending on the inputs on the back of your TV or whether you’re trying to output HD video. The sneakPEEK II even has a micro-USB port on the bottom so you can charge your iPhone while your movie is playing. It’s available now for $59.99 list.

Cats have been bestowed with an inordinate amount of web presence in relation to their position in the world. For whatever reason, technology LOVES cats! But do cats love technology? Do they even know what technology is? These are the important questions of our time.

First off, let’s establish that cats are dumb. Real dumb. How-have-you-managed-to-survive-as-a-species dumb. Point to something, a cat will just smell your finger. Try and call a cat into the room, they won’t come? Know why? Because cats don’t know what their name is. Cats have a habitual psychotic need to constantly mark their territory–even if they’re the only cat that’s in the house. They are defending their territory from nothing.

Cats are idiots.

So, you can only imagine what must be going on in those big vacuous fuzz faces when they come across the Steve Job’s magical touch screen device, the iPad. From the point of view of a cat, the iPad is an enchanted window to a world that they can never enter. But yet, they are able to directly interact with the sounds, colors, and objects that exist so tantalizingly close right behind the magical barrier. Sometimes the shapes and characters behind the window travel off screen, seeming to evaporate from the Universe? Where did they go? The whole concept creates an unbridgeable gap in cat logic, causing an overload of both panic and wonder in the feline brain.

So, of course, cats being the internet’s favorite muse, there has been a vast documentation of the cat vs. iPad phenomenon. We’ve sifted through hours of dumbfounded felines attacking koi that can never be eaten, stalking angry birds that can never be caught, and wreaking havoc on magical disembodied pianos. All in order to find the finest examples of cat and touchscreen.

Adorable stupid is after the jump.

This article was written on May 01, 2008 by CyberNet.

Yahoo Messenger is the number one instant messaging service, and they are really starting to show off the talent their development team has. It’s been over a year now since we first got a glimpse of what their Vista-specific messenger looked like. And disappointingly a lot of time has passed since it was last updated causing debate as to whether the project was still alive.

About two months ago they assured us that a new version was on the way, and they weren’t lying! The Yahoo Messenger blog announced today that the app has entered the Beta stage, and is ready to be downloaded. I have to admit that they have added some really nice features to this version, and it’s definitely not lacking in the eye candy department. Here’s an overview of what’s new:

• Voice
  – Voice (PC2PC & Phone In/ Phone Out)
  – Voice Visualizations (including WPF 3D integration)
  – SMS
  – Integrated text/voice window for easier navigation
  – Keypad-only mode for quick, simple phone calls
• Matrix Mode Conversation Window
• Mail Alerts
• Additional features and enhancements:
  – New and Optimized for Vista
  – WPF Interface
  – Skin Chooser
  – Customizable Contact List
  – Vector-based
  – Tabbed Conversations
  – Windows Sidebar Gadget

So the big news would have to be the voice support and SMS messaging. The video below shows the cool visualizations that users see when they are engaged in a voice conversation, and it’s pretty slick if I may say so myself. The SMS messaging is something that I really like. When you send a message to one of your friends using SMS it will automatically direct the replies back to the messenger, which eliminates the need to grab your cellphone. Very smart!

Kudos to the Yahoo Messenger team on a job well done, and I’m thinking the only thing this lacks now is video support.

Yahoo Messenger for Vista Beta Download [via WinSuperSite]

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