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46. ould do nothing other than say Sorry that we ever doubted you Apple People raved about the old one and we just expected a few incremental improvements but the Apple design team have done a sweeping number of brilliant improvements on the Pro The entire housing is machined from a solid billet of aluminium allowing for a stiffer more durable construction The new design is also very good looking probably the best looking notebook we have seen to Towards the end of last year Apple said that they were about to launch a brand new MacBook Pro featuring an all new unibody aluminium construction and tapered Sides similar to those of the MacBook Air We here at the TechSmart office can however smell the hype a mile away SO our Skeptic radar went on full alert TechSmart Magazine 65 PC Hardware date we admit begrudgingly A AE TL OW POR stow atm more cnt small point on the ae ais construction that is actually rather annoying the edges where your wrists rest when typing are all sharp corners so after typing for a while your arms start to feel like they ve been hit with a steel ruler a few too many times The Pro comes in two standard configurations but we tested the 2 4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo version and the performance is excellent And apparently performance will be even better when Apple eventually release their new version of OS X as the MacBook Pro hardware has actually been optimis
47. r ever see sea monkeys riding bicycles on this guy s blog you will see all the latest stuff gadget wise presented in a fun and irreverent fashion www techsmart co za 50 ICTe Companies 2005 6 2006 7 TechSmart Magazine 65 Greate your own Personal Start Pages Written by Lance Terner a 12 year Internet industry veteran and Chief Executive of Branded Internet listed as one of SA s Top hat exactly are personal or personalised start pages Personalised start pages are a rapidly growing and some what competitive web phenomenon The ad vent of Web 2 0 brought with it a lot of promise in terms of web interactiveness if that s even a real word and personal start pages are now starting to lead this charge So what are they really For the most part they re homepages where you can put a lot of your most often used web information gadgets and widgets all in one place Things such as your email news feeds you re interested in your favourite radio station notes weather Facebook info the list goes on The point being though that you have all of this stuff of yours gathered in one place on one website instead of spread across a dozen The nice part is that being web based you get the same experience of your information from any browser The biggest difference between this and old style portals think Yahoo or Hotmail from a while ago is that you can personalise your start page to a much greate
48. r degree You have many more options in terms of what you can put on your start page it is far more interactive and it is almost certainly much more useful with the gadgets and widgets you can add in On top of all of this functionality superb quality Ajax development is making more of these sites very similar to a desktop type experience In today s much cluttered online world the need for a decent start page is undeniable For me the ability to personalise and customise my own space saves me plenty of Websites pe 29 time and hassle almost every day These Ajax based start pages with their drag and drop interfaces are very easy to use intuitive customisable web pages allowing you to keep up with the latest news and add interactive content With just a few clicks you can add new news feeds mail inboxes and widg ets and then still drag your content around the page until you like how it looks In some ways start pages are the successors to the old style portals but they have yet to break into the real mainstream However the promotion of big players like iGoogle and the presence of MyYahoo are helping get the concept more popular Let s check out some of the nicer ones out there You might find one that really works for you e Netvibes www netvibes com Netvibes is a definite leader in this area Usability has clearly been a big factor in its design and the interface is well thought out and clean e Pageflakes www pag
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50. reas are superb buy online quick amp easy Like Vista should have y The game s best features are its beat your record races and level speed runs with both modes featuring online leaderboards ensuring hours of intense competition This is more than can be said for its extremely short campaign mode First month subscription data flat rate Thus in and out of bundle data offering perhaps six hours of play price per MB will be the same for that months usage In Bundle Rate R 0 77 The all in one solution for quality web design 150MB First month subscription data flat rate Thus in and out of bundle data price per MB will be the same for that months usage In Bundle Rate R 0 58 Create professional sites Use e commerce to sell online talking points is the new taskbar Optimize for search engines It is jazzed up thanks to nice big he general opinion on Microsoft s icons and contains both your Windows Vista operating system is already running applications and r Host forums blogs and polls that it s a bit like a vacuum cleaner programs that are available to launch If TN yee a a he E a i meaning it sucks So what to do to get you own a Mac you pretty much know Eaa in Bundle Rate R 0 53 Make secure pages and areas back some of that good old lovin what were talking about here Overall 350MB Release a new version in record time the feeling is that Windows 7 is exactly Windows 7 has been available for public wha
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52. secure network One that does not involve trying to lay meters of cable from one point to the next Welcome to the world of GTS 2minLAN By utilising Power Line Communication PLC the 2minLAN transmits your data through your home or office s existing wiring via the power sockets It s not as complicated as you think To better understand the workings a quick breakdown of how a typical set up will look like is in order With each 2minLAN No cabling needed It works over your electricity Super fast speed 200Mbps Plug in and out anywhere in your home IP HD TV ready Living the digital way package purchased R1990 you receive two Ethernet adapters Say for example you want to connect the PC in your study to a printer situated in another room What you need to do is plug one Ethernet adapter into the wall socket closest to your printer and connect it to the printer via the included Ethernet cable The other adapter goes to the socket closest to your PC also connecting it to your PC via Ethernet cable And that is it A LAN with no hassle or fuss The same applies if you want to link VoIP phones security cameras or a PC to a router For more information on 2minLAN call GTS on 079 501 9074 or email 2minlan goal co za part from the 2minLAN GTS will also offer one of the first video on demand VOD offerings to South Africans VOD enables you to download the latest movies via the Intern
53. st friend to hold the other end of the measuring tape for him The SONIN calculates distance extremely accurately by using a type of Sonar Essentially the SONIN sends out some very high frequency sound waves which bounce off the wall and is received again by the device The time taken to get back to the device is converted into the distance between the walls The SONIN includes built in calculator functions to help you record and calculate areas and volumes accurately R999 from The G A D G E T Shop on 012 346 2726 f you are a cyclist or runner who is very much into the Green thing and consistently find yourself with a dead phone iPod or camera then the HyMini was designed specifically for you Uniross the makers of all things rechargeable have launched their HyMini wind charger a lightweight handheld device which allows you to charge your cell phone camera or MP3 player via wind power or its own internal lithium ion polymer rechargeable battery which can be charged via USB a conventional plug or wind power R799 from Uniross on 011 312 0016 Www uniross com www techsmart co za DOVINES SINE LIF Y are Plays music only Easy to operate Peg type clip for attaching to clothes attaching to clothes DMP101 1G R150 2G R180 4G R250 DMP322 2G R215 4G R275 32 DIAVER WIT DICH em 30 TFT e Plays MP3 WMA WAV audio format e Plays AVI MP4 MPG MPEG video format e Integr
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55. that we have become so lazy that if the remote isn t literally an inch or two away we don t bother to change the channel at all Thankfully both Toshiba and Hitachi have shown prototype hand gesture controlled TVs at CES this year A small infrared camera watches the viewers hand movements and translates those into commands So waving your hands could turn it on and a circular movement could change the channel he new Sony Cybershot G3 is now Wi Fi enabled and features a web browser The 10 1 megapixel camera with 4GB of onboard storage lets users near a Wi Fi connection upload their videos and images straight to applications like Picassa YouTube and Shutterfly The G3 is available right now in the US for about 500 Sony Flexible OLED flexible colour OLED organic light emitting diode screen for ultra portable devices was shown by Sony The ultra thin 2 5 screen is produced on a 0 2mm thin sheet of plastic and can be bent gently The prototype shown by Sony has a resolution of 160 x 120 pixels and only weighs 1 5g But it s not likely to appear in products for at least the next few years www techsmart co za Sci News Just a silly love song ccording to a study ina February issue of Science love struck mosquitoes Aedes aegypti have to hit the right notes if they well want to get lucky Scientists placed the little suckers in a contained area recorded their flight sounds as they flew past t eac
56. the scene was set for our very own petite CES 2009 High Definition Television n the HDTV space LG look set to be ahead of the game over the coming year Many of its new premium sets feature Full HD 1080p via Uncompressed Wireless Transmission from a media box TruMotion 240Hz frequency LED backlighting with Local Dimming and a 2000000 1 Dynamic Contrast Ratio The star of the show was most certainly LG s LH95 which is also incidentally the world s thinnest LED LCD TV at 24 8mm Any one of these product innovations www techsmart co za could be considered a major consumer draw card all four in concert spell a serious technological advantage We can expect to see many of these new sets as early as May this year i the mobile space LG look set to raise the ante with the quality of their handsets over the next year LG handsets have historically been criticised for poor build quality and or a lack of functionality The LG Dare seeks to set the record straight with its 3 touch screen impressive new concept User Interface with full drag and drop functionality 3 2 megapixel camera and HTML Web browsing features In fact the Dare was honoured with the CES 2009 Best of Innovations Award for cellular phones LG also have a few Android phones Adam and Eve the world s first Windows Mobile 7 handset and the LG Monaco with a built in Pico projector on the cards for release later this year theese Aha ET T
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