The Joker (Heath Ledger) gets some help with Big Stars!


Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell , and Jude Law all took over for the role Heath Ledger started to play in his last movie before his death, The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus. The three all play different versions of the character in the fantasy-like film.

Because Heath left all of his money to his father at the time of his death, Johnny, Colin, and Jude wanted to make sure Matilda wasn't being left out, so they've all donated their paychecks from the film to her.

Director Terry Gilliam says of his leading men,"The three actors were totally heroic coming in. This doesn't happen very often . . . where there's a tragedy like this, and very famous, very successful actors suddenly say, 'Okay, we'll do whatever it takes to help.' They came; they did the work; they allowed the movie to be finished; they didn't take money–the money goes to Heath's daughter. That's extraordinary! And wonderful . . . and when you're part of that, you think, 'Ah, this is maybe why I went into the movies, in the beginning. I thought it would be full of wonderful people.' And in our case, we've got a movie full of wonderful people, who did extraordinary things to help."

Wow that just brought tears to our eyes. Bravo!

Flip Video Ultra - Uploads Directly to YouTube


The world’s simplest camcorder. It lets you capture the everyday moments that happen anywhere and share them with friends and family everywhere. That’s the idea behind Flip Video Ultra. It’s simple, portable, and amazingly affordable.

Simple to Shoot
  • Sleek, pocket-sized camcorder with one-touch recording
  • Built-in flash memory holds up to 60 minutes of high-quality video
  • Start recording within 3 seconds of power-up
  • Fast lens for great results in low and bright light; 2x digital zoom
  • 1.5” color anti-glare playback screen for instant viewing and deleting
  • Flip-out USB arm plugs directly into your computer for easy sharing and archiving
  • TV connector cable included to watch videos on television
  • Tripod mount fits any standard tripod

Simple to Share

  • Built-in software for instant viewing, editing, and one-click emailing
  • Integrated video uploading to AOL, MySpace, YouTube, and other video sharing sites
  • Easily capture still pictures from video
  • Simple editing tools let you make custom-edited movie mixes with music
  • Create and organize your personal video library

Great for easy capturing videos and directly uploads video on YouTube and more! It has an LCD for viewing, but has low but improved resolution video. Effective sensor resolution: 5.6 megapixels.

Best Ultra Portable Computer


There has been a number of UMPC - Ultra Portable Personal Computers and Mini-Notebooks/Netbooks that has been made and more upcoming new and better ones since the launch of the popular "Asus Eee PC". I have read and watched reviews of some of these products courtesy of CNET. And almost every video review on these other UMPC's and Mini-notebooks are compared to the Eee PC. So Asus Eee PC is still probably the best one out there. Mainly because of its low price and also of its good performance for basic functions of using a portable computer.


Here are some of the UMPC's and Mini-Notebooks i've looked at, there are a lot of new ones but I only focused on the ones that grabbed my attention from their design, functions and performance. I'll put some of my brief comments about these products.


UMPC's

HTC Shift - This one for me has a good design. You can use it as a handheld PC like using a mobile phone and it can also be placed down like using an ordinary computer like shown below. Its also a touch screen PC. The downside is it has low battery life and its expensive, priced about $1,499.99

Fujitsu LifeBook U810 - According to CNET, this device is the best Ultramobile PC keyboard but I guess not good enough because it has some important missing keys like the Tab Button which is double-mapped on the Spacebar. Meaning the Spacebar is where you also use the Tab Button, and also other keys that are double-mapped. It also has a swivel screen for watching and easy viewing and its touch screen capable. But for me as I saw the video review, it looks too small for me. And it's priced around $859.00 - $999.99, pricey.


Sony Vaio UX - This UMPC is also a handheld device. I kinda like its design too. Touch screen capable. It has improved battery life, but the keyboard and some navigation keys are hard to use, and its expensive. Priced $1,099.99.

The first three ones were great UMPC's but they're way too expensive. These next ones I'll show are also great Portable Computer Mini-Notebooks/Netbooks but much less expensive and also has good performance.

Mini-Notebooks/Netbooks

Everex CloudBook - I didn't find much review on CNET about this product But there was specifications on Everex CloudBook. Which are the basic but important ones; built-in webcam, WiFi, Ethernet, card reader, 1 GB RAM, large 60 GB Hard Drive, and priced for $424.99 - $449.99.

HP 2133 Mini-Note PC - This product from Hewlett Packard has a solid consruction uses magnesium alloy shell and has a stylish design. And one of the best part about it is it has an almost full sized keyboard unlike other mini-notebook. The downside on the review says it has a weak performance and umipressive battery life, and misses out on new Intel Atom CPU which are now used for newer mini-notebooks. The video review says its priced around $499.00 for xp version and $599.00 for linux version.

Asus Eee PC - There are newer and better versions of Asus Eee PC.


Asus Eee PC 4G - This is the first version, it has a 7.0 inches screen, 512MB RAM, 4G Hard Drive, Built-in webcam, 3 USB 2.0 and SD card reader, Ethernet, and WiFi. The Downside is it has no DVD drive, cramped keyboard, very little Hard Drive space, and low screen resolution. But offers an impressive package for portable web browsing and basic productivity. Small, light, fast and efficient and priced for less than $400.00. "It's a near perfect choice for a highly portable second or backup laptop."


Asus Eee PC 900 - This one is much more improved. Bigger 9.0 inch screen in same small package, new touch pad gesture controls and long battery life. The downside, has same old Celeron CPU, keyboard is still cramped. And the price is a little higher than the original but still low, around $528.00 - $619.46.

Asus Eee PC 901 - Slightly bigger than Eee PC 900. Much improved battery life, new mouse and quick launch buttons, now has Intel Atom, and still highly portable and reasonably priced around $578.99 - $613.80. "The Best version of Eee PC."


Asus Eee PC 1000 - The latest version for Eee PC. It has no clear review yet on CNET. Same basic functions and improved 1 GB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, and Intel Atom. Still inexpensive, around $560.

All in all my first choice is still the one I like, which is the Asus Eee PC which has improved performance in newer version and still reasonably priced. Has all the basic functions that I need for a portable mini-notebook.

A Great Phone.. HTC "The Dream"? Google Android Software


I like mobile phones, we all do right? I bet each and everyone has their own cellphone by now, especially on this generation of technology, electronics, the web and all kinds of communications. Some people not only have one, but two phones. Like me, I use one for calling and texting, and I have another phone mainly for receiving text messages from the Philippines using a "Roaming" sim card and a Quad Band phone. It can also be used for texting, but I use my first phone for that. I bet most Filipinos in the United States and other countries abroad does that too. I also use the web for texting, you can access a website that offers free texting like the service Chikka based in the Philippines.


Back to the main topic. A Great Phone. There has been a lot of added features on some new phones out on the market, and more features to come I bet on High-end phones or Smartphones. A Great Phone would basically have the following Specs:

Wi-fi capabilities
Large Internal Memory
Expandable Memory (using Memory Cards)
High Megapixel Camera, for Photos and Videos (about 5 Megapixel is good enough)
Flash for Camera
Large Screen Display
Symbian OS or Windows Mobile Operating System
TV Out
TV capable (local TV reception is good enough)
3.5 mm stereo headphone plug (I think this is the general size for all headphone jacks)
Stereo Speker
Radio
Bluetooth
USB capable
Pre-Installed Maps
Web Browsing
Email & IM
Touch Screen (a big plus)
Qwerty keyboard (also a plus, should be spacious)


Well, I guess that's most of it. That's not too much is it? of'course not. Most of these features are already on some new phones that are in the market today. But probably not all in one phone.

The closest one I've wanted was the Nokia N82. Its almost the same as the Nokia N95 but in a bar shape. It has most of the specs I've wrote, I wanted to get that phone, but the downside is i think it has no WiFi! And a WiFi is a must! So I though to myself, I'll just have to wait for a phone like that with WiFi and probably more.




Nokia N82


I recently liked the Blackberry phone, specifically the Blackrberry Curve 8300. Mainly Because of its QWERTY designed keyboard. I never did like a qwerty phone, but its like every time you see and hear about it its like you begin to like it, i dunno. I always see it on television and on the news, like its really popular mostly used by business men or lawyers as they say, but also used by almost everybody. And I like to have one now because I would like to use it for easy typing, like on making a draft about blogs or make notes, and it now has WiFi capabilities.


Blackberry Curve 8300


But I usually like Nokia phones because they are very User Friendly. I think that's their slogan. I've been using Nokia phones from my first ever mobile phone, and I loved their phones since then.

Then there was the iPhone! The most popular high-technology phone that was ever made, so far. But I don't think nothing will surpass this phone, i mean based on its style on using it. It's like a futuristic phone, well it is. Plus its basically a smartphone where you can add and install other types of applications, programs, games and a lot more.

Apple iPhone

But I have some things that I don't like on th iPhone. I'll put it in bullets so everyone can see, especially makers of new phones:


No Flash for Camera and No Video
No Text Forwarding
No Bluetooth sharing for files like photos
On-screen keyboard much better on landscape
Headphone plug does not fit most headphones jack
And most of all its LOCKED for one carrier only!

(Update: there are new available Apps for iPhone like Video Capture and Copy-Paste for forwarding and/or texting, and probably more to come.)

And Now The Breaking News! There has been a report of a new phone called "The Dream" powered by Google's Android Software on HTC phone. Which reports that it will match many capabilities of the iPhone and all other phones, and perform computer like functions.

"The high-end phone is expected to match many of the
capabilities of
Apple’s iPhone and other so-called smartphones that run software from Palm, Research in Motion, Microsoft and Nokia
to access the Internet and perform computerlike functions."


"The HTC phone, which many gadget sites are calling the “dream,” will have a touch screen, like the iPhone. But the screen also slides out to expose a full five-row keyboard. A video of the phone has been posted recently on YouTube. A person who has seen the HTC device said it matched the one in the video."

By: The New York Times

Here the video of HTC's "The Dream" powered by Googles Android Software on YouTube.

Well, is this the phone i've been waiting for? "The Dream", a great Phone? I hope so, and I hope it has everything I wanted in a phone, and I'll definite get one. But I know there will always be new and better phones that will be made, but this will probably be the closest one about "A Great Phone" (I think, because there are new upcoming phones based on the iPhone Technology).

The future of Web Browsing!


Cool Iris - formerly known as Piclens


I've come upon a site that offers a new way of browsing the web, beacuse me and my friends have a website using Freewebs and our site is the-b-i-rules.webs.com (come visit our site), and the photos there uses a program called piclens and now its called cool iris. And it is really cool using it especially when using it on other sites that has also piclens icons on them. And it works on most popular sites like shown below


To download and try it for yourself, just visit their website at Piclens.com. I've tried it on YouTube and it works great, and now I see small icons for Piclens on some sites i visit. Its on Full Screen and Full 3D, and you can swithc back to the original page anytime you want. Here's a video demo from YouTube.




Try it, and you'll have fun using Piclens, Enjoy!