My OS Is...
View Results
Google have decided to up the possible resolution of YouTube to 4K video (That’s 4096 x 2304 pixels, or 8 times larger than my desktop) to support future high resolution cameras and higher bandwidth internet connections that we will have in the year 2525…
If you were to go to any of the videos on this playlist, you will be able to select “Original”, which is what Google got as the original resolution of the video. Of course, you can use it for lower resolutions than 4K which happen to be higher than 1080p, but no-one really cares about that.
You will have issues playing the video if you are on a slow connection (except if you can stand the buffering, in which case I suggest you get cable or DSL) and you will not be able to view the glorious full resolution version without a stupidly high end display setup (I dread to think the multi-screen layout some people will try to watch this) and your computer may balk at the idea of doing this much work, but if you feel brave (or at least want to see if your processor starts to die), then feel free to check out the playlist.
[YouTube Blog]
Mamba Query returns with a fairly obvious question, which I hope spawns from you all fairly obvious answers.
The question: What aspects of technology do you wish were not used inappropriately?
My answer: Most mobile phones have a speakerphone function. Most mobile phones will play music as well. However, it doesn’t help when you’re on a train in a semi-empty carriage being forced to listen to the music from the Coke World Cup advert and something by Rihanna on loop. Granted, the looping two songs caused by a lack of memory due to them being cheapskates that spends too much on booze instead of improving their non-consumable items, but using the low quality speakerphone on a cheap Nokia as a surrogate ghetto blaster just seems like an inappropriate use of technology that really should be banned. And yes, I know I sound old and pathetic with that tone of answer, but I feel it’s true.
Your answers for your unwanted misuses of tech in the comments please…
It’s not often that Tesco’s advertising makes me want to say good things, let alone Tesco warranting a blog post on a tech site, but they’ve done it.
In this advert, Tesco Mobile manages to pastiche the generic empowerment and “blue sky thinking” that you get in the average mobile phone adverts and give a basic message at the end…
The fiasco with the interfering granny that aired for far too long is forgiven, but it does raise the question as to why the UK mobile phone industry continues to batter us with “inspirational” claptrap in order to hawk phones.
And yes, I’m ignoring the advert’s focus on 12 month adverts instead of the 18 or 24 months you get with most other suppliers if you want a phone, because we all know what the answer to that would be…
Did you upgrade to an iPhone? You did? I hope you’re getting enough signal, because there’s a well reported issue saying that if you hold the phone covering the lower left with your palm and allow your flesh to bridge a gap, you lose signal…
That’s not the news. Big as it is, that’s not it.What is news? The support that Steve Jobs gave for the problem:
“Just avoid holding it in that way”
Gee, thanks for the advice… Somehow I’m reminded of the joke: Patient: “Doctor Doctor, it hurts when I press here, when I press here and when I press here…” Doctor: “You’ve broken your finger…”
Now, start placing bets as to the official response from Apple. Will they sully the styling by giving out bumpers for the iPhone? Will they start recalling handsets to fix the problem? Or will they do nothing and expect people to like it or lump it?
My money’s on C…
Microsoft formally named the Xbox 360′s motion controller without the Wiimote, dubbing it the “Kinect”. I’m sure there’s a decent marketing reason for it, but it doesn’t spring to mind immediately. Anyway, Justin managed to get a “Behind The Scenes” video of it from E3 which he posted on sister/brother/cousin site E3coverage.com
High Points – It makes a Skeleton, Voice Recognition and putting a ring on it. Low Points – My bank manager suddenly feels the need to cry…
[E3coverage.com]
In a move that surprised about 2 people, Apple announced the iPhone 4 at WWDC yesterday, closely followed by the sales teams at various phone networks going into meltdown as people demanded an upgrade…
You can find the whole press release version after the jump, but the main take-home points are:
And all this is available for you to enjoy from the 24th of June.
And now, for the full press release…
Continue Reading »
Swiss tech show “Einstein” has decided to answer the age old important question “Does the reorientation on the iPad and iPhone work whilst in a zero gravity environment?”
Yes, they chose to answer this earth-shatteringly important question by getting into the “Vomit Comet” (a plane following an elliptic trajectory to create moments of freefall, or a sense of no gravity in relation to immediate surroundings) and spinning the wonder-slate around to see what happens.
What seems to happen in the video is that it does respond maybe once to the force of the spin, but for the rest of the time it remains oblivious to where the floor should be.
Expect NASA to launch a Kindle to the ISS to see if books are still readable soon…
[via Padgadget]
Loading ...
Justin Lee