When most people think of IT or tech companies in general, sexy normally doesn’t come to mind. People involved in IT have always had a geeky image cranked up to a factor of 10 with absolutely no room for hipness. Microsoft is looking to change IT’s musty image by breaking out
Microsoft looks to Erin McNaught to spice up the Australian IT industry
After 6 years as a professional designer, there’s one reason why I still don’t have an online portfolio: it’s a pain in the ass to create and maintain. Online portfolios just involve labor-intensive design, coding, updating, and promoting. I know I’ll eventually get around to making a stellar online portfolio. But for now, I need something quick and dirty.
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CoroflotCreated by industrial design site, Core77, Coroflot… Continue Reading»
You’ve seen our hardware video and gallery (below again for your viewing pleasure) and know all about the New iMac’s specs. I guess it’s time to take an extended look at it, and I might as well turn on the Justin.tv lifecam [UPDATE: Done with the Lifecam]. I also just got back from Cupertino where I learned some details which I’ll write about in this post, in a bit. I might try to answer some of the questions you guys have about the new hardware and iLife, too.
Interesting Design Details•The black border around… Continue Reading»
On Monday the world’s biggest camera took the world’s biggest picture - a not very wallet-friendly 31′ by 111′. The camera body was an aircraft hangar, the film was cloth soaked in light sensitive chemicals and the exposure was a tedious ten days. Of course, there are limited options with a camera this big, and it can only snap whatever happens to be in front of it - a disused Marine Corps Air Station.
All in all then, this is one useless, but awesome, camera. The unusual undertaking was… Continue Reading»
A judge has ruled that a trial against Microsoft can proceed to decide whether they misled people with their “Vista Capable” advertising campaign. Two PC buyers have 
started a class action, and are arguing that they bought machines that weren’t capable of running Aero, even though they were marked as “Vista Capable.” Microsoft is arguing that Vista can run on slower machines, albeit with some of the eye candy turned off, and that this was explained in their campaign.In any case, we’ll probably not get to see… Continue Reading»
In May, Electronic Arts revealed that Ronaldinho would be the international cover athlete for FIFA 08. The publisher also announced that in soccer-mad Europe, many territories would see their own local stars join the Brazilian-born FC Barcelona striker on the game’s box. Real Madrid’s Sergio Ramos would be FIFA 08’s cover player in Spain, Miroslav Klose in Germany, Andreas Ivanschitz in Austria, Tranquillo Barnetta in Switzerland, and Florent Malouda and Franck Ribéry in France.
Though the British cover athlete for the game is yet to be announced, today EA announced who will grace the North… Continue Reading»
Melding tradition and technology, shadow lamps are a new way of keeping up with your friends in Japan. Less intrusive than a web cam, the system pipes a live video feed from your friends houses via the internet, and projects their silhouettes onto a lampshade - rather like the iPod commercials. The inspiration, according to creator Shunpei Yasuda, comes from the paper walls found in traditional Japanese houses.
Users of the system are identified by a smart card, which slots into the base of the lamp, or andon, where there is a projector. By swapping cards… Continue Reading»
