65Bits Episode 152: Car computer crash along PIE

Our friends at Tech65 starts off this week with their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape: [1] Nexus One, [2] 3D TV at CES, [3] Microsoft and HP show off ’slate’ PC, [4] Ford brings smartphone Web apps to cars, [5] Palm unveils new Pre and Pixi handsets, [6] Alienware M11x, [7] Lenovo’s Tablet Docks to Form a Notebook, [8] Lenovo RapidDrive Technology, [9] Skiff, [10] Sanyo Xacti VPC-CS1: a full 1080p camcorder in your pocket. Do click and check out their latest podcast here. You can now also listen to the Tech65 podcast here as well by coming to the blog post directly. Read more

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Samsung Developer Night Jan 2010

For those developers and entrepreneurs who are into mobile development particularly in the area of developing apps for various platforms, Samsung Asia Pte Ltd is hosting an exclusive networking event on 8 January 2010 to showcase one of Samsung Mobile’s most exciting developments to-date. The event is held in conjunction with CES 2010, and it is an opportunity for the developers to find out more about Samsung’s mobile phone strategy, its position on operating systems including its proprietary Bada platform, as well as Samsung’s new Apps Store and local launch details. The executives from Samsung will be on-site to host you and discuss possible opportunities for collaboration. Note that the event is only open to developers. Here are the details for the event:
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65Bits Episode 103: You don’t know who’s Dick Tracey!?

Our friends at Tech65 start their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape last week: [1] Get well soon, Steve! Now the rest of you, stop panicking!!, [2] Google closes down lesser known services, [3] Google Chrome gets Mac and Linux deadline and extensions foundation, [4] Apple’s MobileMe free trials could lose your data, [5] We can’t get enough of the Palm Pre! – Under the hood – Great article about the Pre, [6] More CES!
(i) Dell Adamo, (ii) Samsung announces a unified User Interface across their products, (iii) The LG watch phone, (iv) Asus comes up with a whole bunch of stuff (including a cool keyboard, a NAS and a tablet) and the Byte of the Week: Poladroid.net. Do click and check out their podcast.

65bits Episode 102: Welcome back, Palm! It’s been a long time…

After a heart-wrenching MacWorld Expo 2009 and CES show, our friends at Tech65 start their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape last week: [1] Apple’s last keynote at Macworld 2009 (Keynote transcript | video) – (i) iLife ‘09, (ii) iWorks ‘09, (iii) Updated 17 inch Macbook Pro with Unibody and integrated 8-hour battery, (iv) iTunes turns DRM free by end of 1st Quarter 2009, [2] Windows 7 Public Beta announced at CES09 Keynote – ZDNet compares Windows 7 with Vista and XP, [3] Sony reveals Vaio P “not-a-netbook” netbook, [4] Creative reveals what Zii is all about, turns out NTT was right after all, [5] Palm steals CES09 thunder with the Palm Pre and the Palm WebOS (Announcement transcript | Video), [6] For more CES coverage, we recommend Engadget.com and the Byte of the week: Mozilla Prism (also mentioned is Fluid). Do click and check out their podcast.

65Bits Episode 101: Silence… I Curse you!!!

After an exciting 100th episode event, our friends at Tech65 start their weekly podcast on the following issues that dominated the tech landscape last week: [1] ‘Curse of Silence’ exploit squelches inbound SMS/MMS to Nokia S60 devices, [2] IDA proposes shorter telco deals, [3] Meet the Ophone from Lenovo, [4]Macworld 2009 Preview, [5] CES 2009 Preview, [6] Palm to come up with a new OS, Palm Nova, [7] Sony to launch a new Netbook, the Viao P series, [8] Creative Zii and the Byte of The Week: Google Sites. Do click and check out their podcast. Also check out their new show: Gear65 Episode 2.