Recently, I’ve replaced my Macbook’s harddrive using Apple’s Timemachine. The whole process was indeed smooth. However, some of the applications did not run afterwards. Therefore, had to reinstall some of them. At that point, it seemed rather a good idea to keep a list of the Apps that I normally use, [...]

After more than 10 years of C/Java coding, you get attached to certain development tools that it is difficult to let yourself use other tools regardless of its efficiency and productivity.
Here are some of my favorites.
IDE: Eclipse, Visual Studio
Editor: UltraEdit, Source Insight, GEdit
Diff: Araxis Merge
Collaboration: SVN, VSS
Note: Evernote

▲ Eric Giler demos wireless electricity (via Ted.com)
It has been a while since we’ve seen Eric Giler presenting WiTricity, a technology that enables wireless electricity transfer, on Ted.com. The technology still seems to be in a relatively basic state, at least not at a stage where we strive for efficiency. It seems feasible for [...]

Nokia Beta Labs has recently released a beta version of a potentially helpful mobile application for the blind and the visually impaired. The beta application utilizes mobile phone’s vibration as an alternative feedback to the tactile experience of a braille. Personally I have always been interested in this field. I am also [...]

Touch screen interfaces are extremely popular nowadays. However, despite the hype, user satisfaction from using a touch screen device is not as high as it should be. Certainly there are many reasons behind this. However, one particular reason I am going to address here is the Response. When pressing a button [...]

Bump Technologies have came up with a new way to share personal contact information and photos utilizing iPhone’s Peer-to-Peer Bluetooth functionality and motion sensor. Simply run application on both ends, and BUMP one device to the other, the information is sent to the other side. Above all, the application is completely FREE.

▲ image via Dilbert.com
Working at a company that makes consumer electronics, we often have conversations that are not exactly the same as above, but very similar. Perhaps it’s because, we share the same constraints, resources… especially money and time. It usually goes like this…
A: Our VOC(Voice of Customer) is very clear. It is [...]

Image from Apple.com
New iPhone has been released and perhaps to a naked eye it’s difficult to find the ‘Hardware’ difference between the new iPhone 3Gs and prior iPhone 3G. After all, software can always be upgraded with firmware update.
So here’s a simple summary of the hardware specification on Apple’s Homepage.
- CPU: 412MHz ARM 11 [...]

Here’s a new shocker from the E3. Perhaps a even more shocker for me than PSP Go. Hmmm. I take that comment back. I was very very VERY shocked with PSP Go, not because of its specifications, but rather the rumor of hideous, not-sony-like design turning out to be true. Anyway, unlike [...]

It’s simply all too good to be true. The new XBox presented at the E3 yesterday seems to have included two controversial technologies, Full body motion capture and Voice Recognition. We have always presumed these two technology to be crude, unfit for the general customers. And of course, I’m very skeptic with [...]