Archive for April, 2009
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27
Apr
2009
Twitter For Busy People
Spending too much time reading friends’ Tweets? Only got 5 mins and you’d need an hour to get through em all?
No worries: you can now speed-read your way through your Tweet reading with Twitter For Busy People, a new interface for Twitter created by the team at Bluejava. The idea is that you can skim all the people you’re following and see the latest tweet from each. Read the rest of this entry »
19
Apr
2009
Hypersonic AG2 12.1-inch Notebook Review
Unlike what you might expect from Hypersonic, this isn’t a gaming notebook. The Ag2 is a powerhouse thin-and-light computer just a bit outside the ultraportable category.
Features & Specifications
The Hypersonic AG2 features a 12.1-inch glossy screen with a resolution of 1280 x 800. The CPU in my test machine is a very powerful lintel Core 2 Duo T9300 running at 2.5 GHz. The system has 4GB of RAM and runs the Windows Vista Home Premium operating system. Other features include 802.11n networking, a built-in DVD burner and Bluetooth. Base level machines stat at $999 and the price as tests for my review unit was $1599. Read the rest of this entry »
14
Apr
2009
Poke.ly Brings Facebook Pokes to Twitter
Some folks will love this, while others will probably think it’s a sign of the impending Twitter apocalypse. Facebook-style pokes have arrived on Twitter, by way of a new service called Poke.ly. Similar to the sheep throwing, virtual drink buying chaos that are Facebook pokes and superpokes, Poke.ly lets you direct any of hundreds of actions at other Twitter users.
To “poke” another user, all you need to do is login to Poke.ly (using Twitter OAuth) and select what type of poke you’d like to initiate – from the mundane like “play tennis with” to the more risqué like “do body shots with” (there are far worse) – and who you’d like to send it to. Read the rest of this entry »
