Walmart Black Friday 2009 Sales: Sony BDP-S369 Blu-ray Player

Since Walmart made their Black Friday 2009 sales ad official, shoppers have been studying the ads in details to see what products they will be queuing up hours for. One such product is the Sony BDP-S369 Blu-ray Player, which offers the ultimate in movie enjoyment. Read more

Amazon’s ready for Cyber Monday 2009

For those of you who thought that Cyber Monday was a U.S. only event, then you would be wrong. According to an article in the Guardian, Amazon UK is now gearing up for the busiest Internet shopping day of 2009. Workers in the warehouse in Milton Keynes all know that this will be their busiest period yet. Read more

Internet Explorer (IE9): Hardware changes for extra speed

It has been reported that Microsoft’s upcoming Internet Explorer 9 browser will make several tweaks to the PC hardware, in order to boost overall speed performance of the software. Read more

2010 BMW 5 Series F10: First Photos

The new 2010 BMW 5 Series F10 will not be unveiled until tomorrow, but that has not stopped the first photos of this sedan being leaked on the Internet. The images, which we came across via Autoblog, are low resolution, but are good enough to give us an idea. Read more

Pre-Black Friday 2009 Deals: Target, Best Buy, Sears and Kmart

Black Friday is under a week away now, but shoppers have already seen a taste of what is to come. In the build up to Black Friday 2009 some retailers have been offering Pre-Black Friday sales, such as Walmart and Amazon, both locked in a tight battle to gain the upper hand. Read more

Google Chrome OS: A Detailed Preview

News regarding Google’s Chrome OS had pretty much died down up until yesterday, however following a press event held by Google more details began to emerge, yesterday we heard that the OS will boot up in just 7 seconds now we have more details to reveal to you.

A recent article posted on ubergizmo titled “Google Chrome OS, What’s New?” takes a very in-depth look at the upcoming OS and tells us some details that we have not yet heard.

Some of the details were posted in yesterdays article, these details included the fact that Google Chrome OS would only work on hardware which Google specified, therefore it seems that you will only be able to get hold of Chrome if you buy a machine with it pre-installed on.

According to ubergizmo it also seems as if Chrome will only be compatible with Intel and ARM processors, which is a shame for those of us AMD fans out there.

The boot-up of the OS is said to be very fast (again mentioned yesterday), one reason behind this is that Chrome OS will only run on SSD’s, solid-state-disks offer extremely quick read speeds which will help boot times, especially if combined with a well written OS.

As you may have already heard the SSD will only have to have a small capacity, this is due to the fact that data will be stored online, it is thought that Chrome will require a Internet connection almost always, however if a connection is lost you should have the ability to work offline (exactly how this works is currently a mystery).

One criticism people have is the security of your data which is stored online, personally I feel that this is up to you to keep secure, you can do this by carrying out two-simple steps, firstly choose an extremely un-obvious and strong password and secondly never let anyone know this password.

Personally I am quite intrigued to see how the OS will do, and whether it will really pressure Microsoft, we can expect to see Chrome OS devices launch in late 2010.

Does any of the news covered in this article disappoint you? I’m slightly frustrated that I will not be able to download and install the OS on my AMD-based computer to try it out.

iPhone, Verizon and ridiculing AT&T: First legal battle

AT&T were not happy with the TV ads that Verizon have been showing, they tried to file a lawsuit but their first legal battle was lost. This means that AT&T trying to force Verizon to stop showing those TV ads comparing their 3G wireless network coverage will continue. Read more

Google Chrome OS Features: 7 Seconds Boot Up

We mentioned earlier that Google were to hold an event to officially unveil the Google Chrome OS. This new Operating System from the search engine giant has been built specifically for use in netbooks and is browser based. There is so much to discuss about the new operating system, but the main one is its 7 seconds boot up time, which is promised to get even faster. Read more

Black Friday 2009 ads: Walmart’s change of heart

Walmart have finally made their Black Friday 2009 ads officially available, that was after a minor altercation with a website for uploading an ad scan without the retail giant’s permission. At least now, shoppers will be able to search through Wal-Mart’s ads to see if there is anything in there that they may want to queue up hours for. Read more

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9): Better JavaScript performance - Microsoft

Microsoft has revealed that the next version of their Internet Explorer browser (IE9) will have better JavaScript performance than previous versions - as the company look to close the gap on the likes of Firefox and Google Chrome. Read more

Cyber Monday 2009 Deals: Senators warn of scams

There are two big shopping days in the month of November, Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The former is the start of the holiday shopping season, while the latter is the start of the Internet shopping season. However, the Senate committee has warned that there are three websites that have been set up to scam us. Read more

Internet Explorer 9 Details: Firefox 3.6 Still Faster

Microsoft has announced that when Internet Explorer 9 is released it will have a huge increase in performance, but they have not yet committed to a launch date. The next generation browser from Microsoft has only been in development for three weeks, and Windows President Steven Sinofsky has said that there is a huge amount of work to do. Read more

Macy’s Black Friday Sale: 13-Page 2009 Ad

Macy’s Black Friday Sale ad has now appeared on the Internet, this 13-page ad for 2009 has 104 BF items up for offer. The Macy’s sale begins at 5am on November 27 and ends at 1pm on the same say. The retail store will then open again at 8am on until 1pm on Saturday; prices will be slightly higher on that day. Read more

Nokia NSeries OS: Out with Symbian, in with Maemo by 2012

It has been reported that Nokia are planning to phase out the Symbian OS within their NSeries handsets, in favor of switching to the up and coming linux-based Maemo operating system. Read more

PS3 Cross-game chat: Confirmed by Sony (More or less)

The infamous PS3 cross-game chat rumors continue to swirl around the internet, with bits of info always popping up here and there. Recently, we have come one step further to an official confirmation after a Sony employee revealed a bit too much info than intended. Read more

Sanyo 50-inch plasma 720p HDTV: Walmart Black Friday Rumor

A couple of days ago the Walmart Black Friday 2009 Ad had been leaked on the Internet, those who posted the ad scan were forced to take it down, but this has not stopped people learning what deals they will be offering. One of the most popular items will be the Sanyo DP5074750-inch plasma 720p HDTV. Read more

Apple Black Friday 2009 Ad Leaked

As we get closer to Black Friday 2009 more ads become available, we have just learned from ZDNet that the Apple Black Friday ad has now leaked onto the Internet, with BGR even getting hold of a screenshot. We are 10 days away from the event, but it is never too early to plan. Read more

BlackBerry Outage: Internet service hit again

We have heard reports that BlackBerry users have been suffering from another internet outage, mainly the BlackBerry Internet Service (BIS), which is possibly affecting customers all around the world. Read more

AT&T Dell Streak Android 2.0 MID: 2010 Release

Little was known about Dell’s 5-inch MID, that was until a video of the device popped up last month. There are now rumors that the mobile Internet device will be released by AT&T in 2010 and will run on the Google Android 2.0 OS, this is what Engadget learned from DigiTimes. Read more

Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Download and AIR 2 Multi-touch Capabilities

Adobe have now made their Flash Player 10.1 available for download, the new software is supported on Windows, Linux and Intel-based Mac’s. webOS support will follow in a few months time, for now those with a Palm Pre or Pixi will just have to wait. Read more

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