Soccer again

argh - Basel just went down 0:5 against Barcelona. But hey: it's time for another soccer highlight: Goalie G...

Logitech illuminated keyboard

While I was awaiting an illuminated Logitech keyboard for a while now, there are so few extra keys on the keyboard... raises a touch of skepticism here. I'm really into minimal design though.

All the recently released mice don't really satisfy me either, so I keep wondering about their future products with 'bang' features.

source: logitech.com
prices CH

Canon EOS 50D - 40

Summary of the main differences between the recently released Canon EOS 50D and the 40D owned by some of us. Taken from the dpreview spec sheets.

Sony Ericsson G705

Very good looking phone for the ladies. More Info @ sony ericsson

- with WLAN, HSDPA & HSUPA
- aGPS
- no Xenon flash, 3 MP cam

Sony Ericsson C905

probably my next mobile phone. 8 MP camera with aGPS, WLAN access and FM radio. Due late october 2008.

commercial video (youtube).

More Info @ sony ericsson
prices CH toppreise
sunrise 2 Jahre Abi verlängern: CHF 247.-


update nov 08:
some more facts

- video recording resolution is limited to 320 x 240
- only HSDPA, no HSUPA (though hsupa providers are VERY rare)
- ActiveSync
- conference calls with up to 5 parties
- WiFi/WLAN connecting just fine with WPA2

Got myself one and can't say anything bad about it! fantastic display and picture quality.

Sony Ericsson W902

The next Walkman Handy looks fantastic. release date october 2008. Features all the usual stuff, inclusive rds radio and 5MP camera. Read more.
No WiFi, no GPS.

PC Preise September 2008

Ich habe die Artikel und Preise in der rechten Spalte leicht angepasst. Obwohl ich kein Fan von ATI-Treibern bin, muss ich doch sagen, dass Preis/Leistung für die 4850-er Produkte immer noch top ist. Zudem empfehle ich euch ein wirklich schönes Gehäuse.

Make Firefox look great

Vista user? Firefox3 user?
Follow these steps to make Firefox 3 look like this:

>> Update February 2010: this article is outdated, new version is here

• get the hide menu bar extension
• get the kempelton theme
  
  
• log into the Mozilla add-on site
  otherwise you can't download experimental extensions
  
• get the glasser extension
  
  
• for the bookmarks toolbar get the glasser extras.zip
  ( JAN 2009: glasserextras.zip currently can't be downloaded at it's original location! Get it at rapidshare instead)
• press WIN+R and open the following location: %APPDATA%\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles
• in there > open the folder xxxxxx.default
• now open the folder chrome
• from glasserExtras.zip move the file Vista Personal Bar - Media Player.css into the chrome folder
• now rename the copied file to userChrome.css
  

Done!
make the menu visible by pressing ALT
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