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Treo 650 on it's way.

Palm has announced that their new improved Treo 650 is on it's way. Rumour has it that Canadian carriers have them already and are waiting for Palm to do the official release. At which time the Canadian carriers will release them as well.

New Features on Treo 650
User Swapable Battery
Hi-Res Screen
Bluetooth
Palm OS 5.4

It look like they have fixed the issues with 600.
Might consider using this one.


- Matt

Not enough ipod's for holidays?

News from Apple Insider suggests that Apple will not be able to produce enough ipods for the holiday season. Apple produced and sold 2 million ipods during the last quarter and is expecting sell double that this quarter. They are producing as many as physically possible, they do not expect to be able to meet that quota. If you want one this holiday season get it soon. There may not be any left on Dec. 24th.


- Matt

Halo 2 - On the Net

One month before it is due, Halo 2 has been released on the internet. It is a French PAL version and has english subtitles according to the reports. This version, however, will not be capable of the most anticipated feature of Halo 2 which is Xbox Live compatability. There are a few rumors going around this that have not yet been confirmed. The first is that the released version may only be Beta source code, because some are reporting very poor video quality in cut scenes.

Needless to say Microsoft is very upset.

-Matt

Surprise, Surprise

A few of you may know that Microsoft released a private Beta of MSN Messenger 7 a little while ago, and if you search on the net you might be able to find it. It is not to much of a surprise to anyone who uses Microsoft software that, they found a bug. Infact they found bug big enough that they are removing key features from MSN 7 at this point, however they may be added again to later Betas. These include "Winks" and "Deluxe Display Pictures". Currently it's easy for hackers to exploit the code of winks to display any flash movies on a users computer for any amount of time.

Users who are currently running the MSN 7 Beta will be forced to downgrade to 6.2 which is the current public release. Otherwise you will not be able to log in.

I'm just going to stick with 6.2 for now. :)

-Matt

Tungsten T5 is here!!

I said a couple of days ago I posted that the T5 was on its way. Well here it is.

Palm OS 5.4
416 Mhz X-Scale Processor
320x480 TFT Display, supports 65000 colours.
256 MB of Total Memory (160MB on internal flash disk + RAM)
Bluetooth

Check out all the details here.
http://www.palmone.com/ca/products/handhelds/tungsten-t5/


- Matt

Intel adds EDB to chips

Intel is now shipping processors that support Execute Disable Bit or EDB. This technology is used by Windows XP SP2 to render some viruses ineffective. This technology can already be found in chips from AMD, Transmeta, and other CPU manufacturers. All Intel CPU’s that have the EDB technology will have a “J” at the end of there model. All new Pentium chips manufactured for Socket T, from 520 to 560 will have this new security technology.

Execute Disable Bit allows the processor to classify areas in memory by where application code can execute and where it cannot. When a malicious worm attempts to insert code in the buffer, the processor disables code execution, preventing damage or worm propagation.

To bad for Intel they are behind on this one.

- Matt

**If anything can go wrong - it will. Everything takes longer than you expect. Left to themselves, all things go from bad to worse.**

New stuff on its way from PalmOne

As rumor has it….

 

Due for release Monday, PalmOne is releasing the new Tungsten T5. The biggest change with model sounds to be that it will have non-volatile memory, Meaning it won’t forget everything when the batteries die.  Also it is rumored to have 128 MB Ram, Bluetooth, WIFI, and a 520 Mhz processor.

 

Also the Treo 650 is due Oct 25^th – Upgrade from the Treo 600, the 650 will have a high-resolution display, a beefed up processor (312 Mhz), Bluetooth, a 1.3 MP Camera, and a user swappable battery.

 

-Matt

Symantec's Norton 2005 product line is here!!

Symantec has just recently released their entirely new 2005 product line.
You can check it out here. http://www.symantec.com/product/index_homecomp.html
I am posting this for three reasons.
1) If you don't have AntiVirus software stop reading this now and go get some.
2) If you have a older version you may consider upgrading. This year it is better than ever.
3) I warn everybody shopping for Norton's software to make sure that the copy you get is 2005 and not 2004. There are still a lot of the 2004 version on shelves, and it is not any cheaper.

- Matt
You don't go out in January without a coat, don't go online without AntiVirus.

Great Deals at Best Buy this week..

Just want to highlight a few of them that caught my eye.

--160 GB Western Digital Hard Drive $119.99   *after rebates – Never had any trouble with their rebates.

--256 MB Cruzer USB 2.0 Thumb Drive $49 *after rebates

--Lots of Linksys Wireless networking gear with $15 - $25 rebates too.

 

-Matt

Massive Airtime from Rogers...

Rogers Wireless is currently offering a $45/month plan including 700 daytime, and unlimited evening and weekend minutes. Does anybody use that much airtime… Really? You do have to renew for two years to take the plan, but everybody is eligible.

 

-Matt