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BumpTop 3D Desktop Comes Out of Beta
BumpTop, the uber-cool 3D real desktop rendering fun utility has just emerged from its long beta incubation period. From its website, BumpTop is promoted as a “fun, intuitive 3D desktop that keeps you organized and makes you more productive. Like a real desk, but better.” A free, but feature-limited version of BumpTop can be downloaded [...]
Continue reading...Review: Best iPhone Twitter Applications
5. April 2009
Given the App Store’s variety of applications for all uses and functions, I wanted to post a surface review of the best iPhone Twitter applications on the App Store. In this review are: Twittelator Pro, Twitterrific, and Tweetie. These are the three which I perceive to be the best in the market. Enjoy this screenshot [...]
Continue reading...Multi-touch Musical Table from Reactable
2. April 2009
This so-called Reactable built by some researchers at Pompeu Fabra University has been making the rounds of trade shows and other events for quite a while now, but it looks like the group is now really getting their act together by forming a company (Reactable Systems) and putting the device into production. The table itself [...]
Continue reading...Meet Palm Pre Again
2. April 2009
Palm has just released a sequel to the stunning and captivating “Meet Pre” teasers for the Palm Pre, the potential “iPhone killer”, due later in this year. It showcases stunningly smooth and seamless integration of various web-browsing, IM, and Pandora applications, as the user multi-tasks without any visible lag. Check it out below, titled “This [...]
Continue reading...Review: Skype for the iPhone
31. March 2009
As everyone in the iPhone world is probably aware by now, Skype Inc has just released Skype (FREE: download here) for the iPhone. This mobile client allows the usual: calling and chatting to other Skype and Skype Out contacts over wifi. Note, that EDGE/3G are still not supported, due to the consumption of excess data [...]
Continue reading...Hotelicopter: it’s like a cruise, but through the air
30. March 2009
Though not quite as extravagant as checking into a space motel, booking a stay in the Hotelicopter is pretty stupendous. Hailed as the world’s first flying hotel, the Soviet-made Mil V-12 has been extended and completely renovated since being purchased in 2004, and starting this summer, it’ll host 18 decidedly affluent individuals on a fortnight [...]
Continue reading...Test Post from Blogo
28. March 2009
This looks pretty cool. I highly recommend this app for all hardcore bloggers! The interface is sleek and easy to use, and definitely trumps the open source WordPress interface anyday! Buy and download this app here for just $25.
Continue reading...No Joke In April Fool’s Day Computer Worm
24. March 2009
A computer-science detective story is playing out on the Internet as security experts try to hunt down a worm called Conficker C and prevent it from damaging millions of computers on April Fool’s Day. This piece of computer code tells the worm to activate on April 1, 2009, researchers at CA found. The anti-worm researchers [...]
Continue reading...Google Updates iPhone Image Searching
13. March 2009
Google this week has just updated its Google Image Search interface for Safari on the iPhone. It’s finally starting to shape up as a rugged web app now. The main interface sees changes to the labeling of the images: gone are the long, useless original URLs and image titles. Now, all that’s left are the [...]
Continue reading...New Electrode Lets Batteries Charge In 10 Seconds
12. March 2009
“A new lithium-ion electrode allows batteries to be charged and discharged in 10 seconds flat. Developed by Gerbrand Ceder, a professor of materials science at MIT, it could be particularly useful where rapid power bursts are needed, such as for hybrid cars, but also for portable electronic devices. In testing, batteries incorporating the electrodes discharged [...]
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Isaac D. Lim is an avid Apple fan and follower of the development of the technological world.
TheQuantumByte is a hobby TechBlog which aims to relay the latest happenings in the tech world. From Apple and iPhone news, to all of technology in general, TQB is the place to go for refreshing new articles!
9. April 2009
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