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Although I have been in Canada since I was one and half years old, I have always been particularly proud of my Hong Kong heritage. Okay, I will be realistic here. Although my grandparents, my parents, and myself were all born in this wonderful city in the East, I neither look nor act fobby; if you have no idea what that means, look it up -- you are on the internet, haha. But at the very least, I can read and write Chinese, and... |
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As some of you may know, I recently visited the largely populated city of Hong Kong. The general notion for the average North American is that Hong Kong is a great city with lots of attractions, fabulous shopping deals, and excellent authentic Chinese cuisine. To fully experience and enjoy Hong Kong though, one must spend at least one whole day in Mong Kok. What is Mong Kok? Simply put, it is frequently one of the densest places... |
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From PC World: A federal judge threw out a small part of Oracle's Java lawsuit against Google on Thursday but allowed the bulk of the case to proceed. Oracle sued Google last year, arguing that Google had violated its Java intellectual property by writing its own version of the Java... |
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From CNET News.com: Investors are fleeing Netflix's stock and many subscribers have turned their backs on the Web's No. 1 video-rental service. A combination of skimpy selection in Netflix's Internet-streaming library, problems acquiring content, and an unpopular price increase have... |
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From DailyTech: It was just a decade ago that most people thought of Corsair as a company that provided high performance memory for overclockers. However, over the years, Corsair has expanded to include a wealth of product families. The company now sells SSDs, USB flash drives, power... |
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From DailyTech: RIM is falling rapidly in popularity with consumers all around the world leaving the business-centric smartphones behind as consumers move in droves to Android-based smartphones and the iPhone. RIM is hurting so badly that some have called for the company to sell off... |
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From X-bit Labs: At the Intel Developer Forum the world’s largest maker of semiconductors unveiled additional details about its research x86-compatible Near-Threshold Voltage Processor (NTVP) that uses novel ultra-low voltage circuits. The chip consumes milliwats of power and its... |
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From X-bit Labs: Sony Computer Entertainment (SCE) this week announced the launch date of the highly-anticipated PlayStation Vita portable game console and also revealed the final specifications of the device. Apparently, the PS Vita will become available in Japan in mid-December... |
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From InfoWorld: Intel hopes to boost its business selling chips to phone makers -- now the domain of rival ARM -- through a partnership announced this week with Google to develop future Android OS versions for mobile devices with Intel chips. Intel and Google will jointly tune... |
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From PC World: Microsoft appears to be taking a page out of Apple's play book saying it will dump plug-ins such as Adobe Flash from Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8. Well, sort of. You'll still be able to view content requiring plug-ins in Windows 8, but you'll have to switch to... |
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