Archive for October 2008

New Mac Books to be unveiled on Oct. 14th

Oct 12th, 2008 | By Won | Category: Apple, Device, News

Unlike several years ago, Apple is getting way too much attention which seems to be hinder them from hiding information regarding their new products. The recent iPod Nano’s specification was leaked and was virtually everywhere on the net prior to the Apple Event. Since there are so much rumors and speculations regarding the [...]



Flash Version of ‘Tower Defense’

Oct 11th, 2008 | By Won | Category: Miscellaneous

If you either possess a smartphone or a PDA, and perhaps you enjoy occasional mobile game on your phone, you would probably have heard the game called ‘Tower Defense’ a.k.a. ‘Defense’ or ‘TD’.
It’s quite an addictive game where the goal is to create a tower in order to safely block from enemy penetration. There [...]



Boston.com’s ‘The Big Picture’

Oct 10th, 2008 | By Won | Category: Notable Website, Photo

Link: http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/
Few years ago, I’ve wrote a blog post on CNet’s ‘Big Picture’. Unfortunately, the service is no longer available. Today, I’m introducing the Boston.com’s ‘Big Picture’, which is nothing like the CNet version.
The site offers literally BIG PICTURES. The few words describing the pictures are no more than a supplementary [...]



Coffee Person

Oct 6th, 2008 | By Won | Category: Personal, Programming and Development

There is no doubt that I’m a coffee person. I drink an average of three cups of coffee a day. A cup after each meals. During my student years, I’ve tried to cut back several times on the coffee drinking for financial reasons. I’ve even tried changing into a tea person. [...]



PC Server icon on Mac Leopard

Oct 5th, 2008 | By Won | Category: Miscellaneous

▲PC Server Icon on Mac Leopard
I have seen the small version of the PC Server Icon perhaps a thousand times and it never occurred to me to see the large size version. And today at library, someone tried to log on to my computer, led me to check up on the intruder by clicking [...]



Update regarding Twwen.com

Oct 4th, 2008 | By Won | Category: General Opinion

The google.com has listed twwen.com as suspicious and according to Google’s Safe Browsing Diagnostics, twwen.com has infected total of 104 domains. For some reason, most of them appear to be Korean sites. Also, there has been a news update regarding these infections on Security News Portal ‘Boannews.com’.
With the information form Google and BoanNews, [...]



Panasonic’s Multi Touch Remote Controller ‘Ez Touch’

Oct 3rd, 2008 | By Won | Category: Device, User Interface

▲Panasonic EZ Touch – image from Engadget.com
At CEATEC, Panasonic has revealed a new remote control called the ‘EZ Touch Remote’. What’s interesting about this remote controller is the interface. It is not the typical button interfaced remote controller. It has a touch-pad and a gyro sensor. Since it has touch-pad instead [...]



PSP Brite

Oct 3rd, 2008 | By Won | Category: Device, News, Sony

Sony has recently announced new version of PSP®(PlayStation®Portable) unofficially known as PSP Brite. It will be released in October 14, 2008 in North America and 16th in Korea.
Major feature to the new PSP is the microphone. It enables users to utilize PSP as a device for communication. It also supports TV [...]



University Portal hacked.

Oct 1st, 2008 | By Won | Category: General Opinion

I was pretty sure the Korea University Portal was hacked yesterday evening. However, I’ve successfully logged on today morning, so, presume someone fixed it overnight. I don’t have the proof at the moment, but here’s how the story goes.
My brother was trying to log on to the site from my computer. However, [...]