New gizmos

The history of the VanPod royal family has been a tumultuous one. The first VanPod was established in 2004. Its reign lasted over a year until it died, of premature old age. A detailed autopsy was performed and captured in photographs. Its successor VanPod II had the extra ability to display photographs. However, this didn’t…

HP aims to change personal computing with their new TouchSmart PC, with a completely touch-sensitive monitor and sleek user interface. [Official press release](http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press_kits/2008/connecting/consumer-desktops.html) Just added to HP’s website: [Interactive guide](http://h30440.www3.hp.com/campaigns/touchsmart/IQ500_NA/Model.html) to the TouchSmart PC. Here are the VERY FIRST photos from the global launch. Stay tuned!!! Check out this YouTube video I shot of the…

For the second time since I bought it 11 months ago, my O2 hung so badly that it couldn’t be rebooted the usual way (by poking a hole at the base of the device). This time the warning message I got, shortly before it hung, was along the lines of ‘Out of memory’. After numerous…

I just downloaded the demo version of Delicious Library, a delightful OS X tool that catalogues your book, movie, music and game collections, links them up with Amazon.com resources and displays them in high-res quality on a virtual bookshelf. The interface works pretty much like iTunes. Cool options? Rather than type in all your titles,…

[Folks, I realised it’s been just over a year since I switched to a Mac. I’ve had a lot of fun with it, making music, making new Mac friends and seeing the cyberworld a little differently (nicer fonts, at least). Cheers!] Thanks to your advice, I finally made the trip to Sim Lim Square today,…

To Mac users out there – have you ever had third-party USB devices causing your whole system to hang? I seem to be having lots of problem with my Sandisk 6-in-1 reader. I found similar problems posted in this discussion group. I can select a few files in my SD card (using Finder), and then…