UMPC Buzz

Anonymous Comments Enabled

LPH — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:20:15 +0000

Spammers are a pain in the administrative behind. Hours are spent removing unwanted messages. I'm sure you are tired of reading posts from the latest wholesaler, too. Because of the trouble with spammers; I have intentionally kept comments only for registered members. This is a pain for the first time visitor who just wants to make a quick comment.

Tonight, I made the decision to enable both the Drupal and vbDrupal comment modules. The decision did not happen overnight. While watching other active sites as well as thinking about my own behavior, I believe the real conversations happen in the comments. This change allows anyone who visits the site to join the conversation and leave a comment.

To leave a comment click on the text add new comment and a WYSIWYG editor will launch. While I cannot promise to always watch, any rude comments brought to my attention will be removed.

A link to the blog post added to the forum thread is still available, allowing site members to post from the forum, too. I hope everyone finds this change helpful.

The 15 most influential social sites

LPH — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 05:16:35 +0000

The growth of social networking sites began as news aggregators and quickly moved to places to connect with lost friends and to make new ones. Ben Parr decided to mathematically compare the influence of 15 social networking sites. The author compared size, growth, age, time a user spends on the site, news articles, blog mentions, and inbound links.

Source: Ben Parr

Kohjinsha SC UMPC Available in U.S.

LPH — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 01:45:40 +0000

Dynamism announced the sale of the Kohjinsha SC and SX models. Neither model was expected to reach the U.S. market.

The SX-Series comes with an 8.9" LCD touch screen in 1280x768, a Z520 Atom processor (1.33GHz), 1 GB of RAM, 60GB of HDD, DVD Super multi-drive. This series also features WiFi b/g, Ethernet, Express Card/34 Slot, 1Seg Tuner, USB2.0x2 and VGA out.

The SC-Series is equipped with 7" LCD touch screen in 1,024x600 resolutions, a Z520 Atom CPU (1.33GHz), 1GB of RAM, 60GB of HDD, and GPS . They also feature 1.3Mpix camera, WiFi, Ethernet, 1Seg Tuner, USB2.0x2, 3-in-1 card reader.

Source: ComputerWorld

Where to Buy :Dynamism Store

Manufacturer: Kohjinsha

Pioneer Australia Offers 2 Netbooks

LPH — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:56:14 +0000

News traveled fast today that two netbooks are being released by Pioneer Australia: DreamBook Light CE2A and Dreamboat M91.

According to Liliputing, “The DreamBook Light CE2A is based on the same reference design as the upcoming Everex Cloudbook, but costs over $100 more at $599 AU or about $577 US.”

DreamBook Light CE2A

CPU: 1.2GHz VIA C7-M ULV
RAM: 512MB/1GB
Storage: 40GB HDD
Display: 8.9 inch 1024 x 600 pixel
OS: Linux, Windows XP, or Windows Vista
Expansion/Connectivity: 802.11b/g, card reader, Ethernet, Express Card, 2 USB ports, optional Bluetooth, 1.3MP camera
Batteries: 4 cell, 2200/2400mAh batteries provide an estimated 4.5 to 5 hours of battery life
Dimensions: 230 x 171 x 29.4mm
Weight: Under 850 grams

The specifications also cite USB Combo CD-ROM/CD-RW/DVD dual. Now that is different.

DreamBook Light M91

CPU: 1.6GHz Intel Atom
RAM: Up to 2GB
Storage: 2.5" SATA hard disk up to 500GB
Display: 8.9 inch touchscreen display (1280 x 768 or 1064 x 600 pixels)
OS: Windows or Linux
Expansion/Connectivity: Ethernet, 802.11b/g (optional), 3.5g Express card (optional), card reader, 3 USB ports, Express Card slot, VGA output, 1.3MP camera
Batteries: 4 cell, 4400mAh battery provides up to 3 hours operation
Dimensions:235 x 180 x 28 – 42mm
Weight: 1,2kg

Gentoo Linux 2008.0 released

LPH — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:53:07 +0000

Prepare to download a new release of one of the best Linux distributions available. Linux lovers will be happy to know that another version of Gentoo Linux is available for download.

Updated installer: The installer now only performs networkless installations using the packages and ebuild tree on the LiveCD. It also contains numerous fixes for extended and logical partitions.
Improved hardware support: Moving to the 2.6.24 kernel added many new drivers for hardware released since the 2007.0 release.
Complete rework of profiles: Restructuring profiles allowed significant cleanup of redundancies, reducing developer maintenance and confusion. The difference for you is that profiles now appear in /usr/portage/profiles/ under default/linux/ instead of default-linux/. See the upgrading guide for more details.
Xfce instead of GNOME on the LiveCD: To save space, the LiveCDs switched to the smaller Xfce environment. This means that a binary installation using the LiveCD will install Xfce, but you're still free to build GNOME or KDE from source.
No LiveDVDs on x86 or amd64: In the interest of getting the release out, the release engineering team decided to postpone LiveDVDs because of problems in their generation. They may show up later—if so, we'll let you know.
Updated packages: Highlights of the 2008.0 release include Portage 2.1.4.4, a 2.6.24 kernel, Xfce 4.4.2, gcc 4.1.2 and glibc 2.6.1.

A Look Inside Two Netbooks

LPH — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:09:13 +0000

Given the opportunities to buy a machine, do you typically care what is inside a closed case? After each product release someone rips open the product and takes pictures. Richard Swinburne from bit-tech tears apart the MSI Wind while itechnews.net opens the Acer Aspire One.

Source: Engadget