http://www.tech65.org Moving Swiftly Along Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:57:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lenovo upgraded their netbook, the S10, with the brand new S10-2. So what's been upgraded? How about a sleeker design and Quickstart, a special boot mode that let's you access the web browser in ten seconds? Is that enough for it to stand out from the crowd? Find out this ... http://www.tech65.org/2009/07/02/gear65-29-lenovo-ideapad-s10-2/ Hey there. Farinelli here. So um, the hamsters did in fact revolt again, nearly destroyed the episode but my l33t skills saved it somehow, and I'm basically left to apologize for the volume issues in this episode. You do not want to know what happened while I was working on ... http://www.tech65.org/2009/06/29/65bits-episode-125-month-of-smartphones-4-google-android/ Some of you actually asked me how our "Making of Gear65" video was recorded, so in a totally meta moment, I'm going to show you my set up, as well as the software that was involved in recording that "Making of" video. Enjoy, and hope you learnt something new! Links: BoinxTV, ... http://www.tech65.org/2009/06/26/the-making-of-the-making-of-gear65/ Unboxing time! This time it's the new HP Mini 110, the new netbook that was launched in Bejing during the HP Touch The Future Now event. I was blessed to have won a unit of the HP Mini 110 thanks to the HP Power To Change contest and all the ... http://www.tech65.org/2009/06/26/hp-mini-110-unboxing/ Ever wonder what we use to edit our weekly gadget show, and how we do it? Well, know you can find out! In ten minutes, I attempt (several times) to produce Episode #28 of Gear65, featuring the Canon 500D, to give you an idea of some of the tools and ... http://www.tech65.org/2009/06/25/the-making-of-gear65-28/ This week we take a look at Canon's new EOS 500D DSLR, the prefect DSLR for beginners that can also film HD video! We're also going to show you how the video looks like from the Canon 500D, in this week's Gear65! Link: Canon EOS 500D Formats available: MPEG-4 Video (.m4v), Flash ... http://www.tech65.org/2009/06/25/gear65-28-canon-eos-500d-hd-video/ This week's podcast is edited by Hisham and he's truly sorry for the 2 day delays for this to come out. We talked about Windows Mobile in this week's iteration of the month of SmartPhones; but don't skip to that topic just yet; there are lots of goodies and nuggets ... http://www.tech65.org/2009/06/24/65bits-episode-124-month-of-smartphones-3-windows-mobile/ Shit happens.. and it happened to us this week. The hamster which power our rendering farm went on strike over the weekend. Thus, had to render the episode manually this week... Hence, the precious discussions on the Month of SmartPhones, your nearly illegal byte of the week, a quick round ... http://www.tech65.org/2009/06/18/65bits-episode-123-month-of-smartphones-2-iphone/ This week we finally get to take a close look at Nokia's flagship for 2009, the Nokia N97. Does it match up to its hype and anticipation? We give you the ups and the downs of this device and let you decide for yourself. On this week's Gear65. Link: Nokia N97 Formats ... http://www.tech65.org/2009/06/18/gear65-27-nokia-n97-hd-video/ Here is the unboxing video of the new Samsung Jet, Samsung's latest smartphone that was announced last night at the Samsung Unpacked event. The lucky dog me won it at the lucky draw last night during the launch event. Relax ah, I'll do a first look and proper Gear65 review later. PS: ... http://www.tech65.org/2009/06/16/unboxing-the-samsung-jet/