Entries from October 2008 ↓

Fallout 3 for the PC Incoming

Not quite mobile related, but hey, what’s a gamer to do.

Fallout 3’s already out on the Xbox360 as of today, but thankfully, the PC version is following quite closely behind. The screenshot above is a little misleading though, because even though i’m downloading the game files through Steam (wahey for a 10Mbps ADSL connection!), the game’s only be activated on October 31st.

Now that i’ve gone and quit playing WoW, i’ll have even more time to spare playing yet more games. Riiight.

Hands On: Apple’s Latest MacBook

Awhile back, the internet was all abuzz over an Apple launch event, with pre-launch rumors swirling around that Apple would be introducing their refreshed lineup of laptop computers, a vague reference to a US$899 item listed in a US store’s inventory, as well as something called the ‘brick’.

As it turned out, the bulk of the pre-launch rumors proved correct. Apple had introduced new MacBook, MacBook Pro and MacBook Air laptops, as well as an LED-backlit 24-inch Apple Cinema display (priced at US$899 over the United States), while the ‘brick’ proved to be a reference to Apple’s new way of manufacturing their laptop chassis, being milled out of entire blocks of aluminum.

Earlier today, journalists in Singapore had the opportunity to check out the new releases (for the most part) for ourselves, despite the fact that official specifications, images and whatnot were already available online since the launch in other parts of the world a couple of days ago. Nevertheless, this was a hands-on opportunity too good to pass up.

Unfortunately for us though, while the new and refreshed MacBook and MacBook Pro were both available for us to paw over, the new Cinema Display and MacBook Air weren’t.

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OpenOffice 3.0 Goes Live

Fans of the free office apps suite, OpenOffice, will be glad to know that version 3.0 is already out the door, and is available for download.

Among the more notable improvements for OpenOffice 3.0 include:

  • Out-of-the-box import filters for the latest Microsoft Office file formats, enabling OpenOffice 3.0 to read documents saved with Microsoft Office 2007 or 2008 in .docx, .xlsx and .pptx
  • The ability to read and write documents in standardized OpenDocument Format (ODF) 1.2.
  • Native compatibility with the Mac OS X platform. MacHeads rejoice!

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