A very cool blog

http://seungsviews.blogspot.com/

A very cool blog by my friend Seung. Generally talks about everything I don't here and it's very cool !

An Awesome Blog!

Similar to my blog is my friend Yian's blog, which you can find here.

Hope you enjoy!

iTalian Sample App

iTalian Sample App: Can I please have people's feedback on this? Thanks!

Duckhouse Productions

I have decided to co-run this blog as a division of Duckhouse Productions, Duckhouse Apps, with my good friend Alex Forey. This will make iPhone and iPad apps for the iTunes app store, and our first will be released within a couple of weeks. However, Alex and I are currently in discussion over whether Tasteful Technology should be taken over by Duckhouse Productions, or whether it should be kept separate. Alternatively, it could be merged with Alex's film-making blog, Film and Stuff at www.filmandstuff.co.uk (The link doesn't yet work- Alex only bought the domain two days ago).

In-Ear Headphones!

In-ear headphones are really useful for me- I'm too lazy to lug around
Beats on my neck, and they certainly don't fit in my pocket!
These are my favourite in-ear headphones! 

1) Sennheiser CX 400 II

• Noise isolating ear-canal phones with integrated volume control
• Optimised for iPhones, CD players and portable gaming systems.
• Better fit in the ear canals giving good attenuation of sound. 
• Extended ear adapter set included
• Accessories including: cable clip, cable winder and carrying pouch.
• Frequency response (headphones): 17-22,000 Hz
• Impedance 16 ohms
• Sound pressure level (SPL) 114 dB (1 kHz/1 Vrms)
• Quality of sound 8/10
• Price (£40-£42.99) 9/10
• Design 6/10-They look too business like for me

http://www.iheadphones.co.uk/sennheiser-cx400-titanium-earbuds.html

2) iBeats by Dr Dre

• Small, light, high quality In-Ear headphones
• Incorporated volume control
• HD audio compatible with iPad, iPhone and iPod
• Stylish and built to last
• "ControlTalk"-built in voice control
• Quality of Sound 9/10
• Price (£79.99) 8/10 but there definitely worth it
• Comes in 4 colours!
• Design 10/10- Incredibly nice headphone.

http://beatsbydre.com/products/Products.aspx?pid=B5933&cat=2

3) Skullcandy Ink'd headphones

• Direct to ear acoustics
• Big Headphone sound without the hassle
• External noise isolation 
• Frequency Response: 20-20k Hz
• Impedance: 16 ohms
• Max Input Power: 100mW
• Quality of Sound 6/10
• Price (£9.49-£15.99) 10/10
• Design 9/10

http://www.iheadphones.co.uk/skullcandy-ink-d-sc-black-red.html

http://uk.skullcandy.com/shop/earphones-earbuds/inkd.html

Blackberry crisis as millions of users experience a new crash

After the crash a few days ago which saw services in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and now Latin America go down, Blackberry users have complained of experiencing a new crash. RIM had just announced that the services were "operating normally" when a few hours later around 11:00 BST on 10 October, users saw the services disrupted once again not being able to access email, web, or the immensely popular Blackberry Messaging service (BBM). Now users can only text or make calls. The problem believes to have come from a server problem in the core of the RIM Slough data centre. This failure in RIM's system is bad news for Blackberry as it might deter people from buying Blackberries, which are well known for there internet based BBM service.

The Browser Wars- how they started and where they are going

Which browser do you use? Chrome? Internet Explorer? Safari? Well, I bet none of you use the first ever net browser, and I don't blame you. The first net browser was Tim Berners-Lee, who created the WorldWideWeb (this is what causes the www. before domain names). Tim Berners-Lee turned down billions of dollars and made the World Wide Web open source- he gave it away for free. He ran the whole thing on a NeXT computer for a server. In comparison, Google now uses around 1,000,000 servers, which is maybe the equivalent to 900 million NeXT computers!

Mosaic was the most  comercially successful browser- but it wasn't considered that different. Rigt now Chrome is dominating, along with Safari. But where's is it going? Another post is coming!