Best Game Trailers Ever

Hi
So the other day, I was watching a couple of awesome game trailers. It got me thinking, what are the best I have ever seen? These are my top 5, not in order though. Leave your favourites in the comments below :)

The first, although technically not a trailer, was released before the game was and therefore counts as one...to me:)


Well....here are the others






I saw this one just earlier today... and what can I say. It looks utterly amazing!



I thought I would add this one. The funniest game trailer I have ever seen!:)



Thanks everyone
AndrewCow

Security

Hi
If you didn't know, some people are scary. I am not trying to spook you out of the Internet or buying things online, I do it all the time. Just be careful.

So about a month ago, there was the world security conference where lots of people display scary life destroying technology. Luckily, there are all expert defenders of the innocent, just creating proof of concept things to keep people on guard. There were many terrifying devices, but none more than, well basically a mini cell phone tower. It takes the cell phone signal that would normally be beamed directly to your phone, and magnifies it. Now that does not sound so bad, even useful. The scary thing is, it tricks your phone to connect to it, no matter what...then steals all your data and information. This is done using a combination of a signal blocker and the crazy signal amplifier/ information stealer the guy invented.

So what sort of information can this thing steal about you. Well firstly, details of your account with the telco provider you have. This may even allow them to access your credit card.After that, basically anything on your phone, maybe more depending on how you use your phone.

So yea..........the tech world is a scary place
See you next time
AndrewCow

White iPhone

Hey
So you may wonder what ever happened to the white iPhone 4. There are pictures of it sitting there in all its awesomeness on the apple website, but when you go and order it, you get a message like the one shown below. Now Apple has been very quiet about this but the never ending leaks on the product continue. Maybe Apple should use the money the gained from firing their head of engineering over the "Antennagate" scandal to hire a plumber.

Apparently (i have noticed I am starting to use this word a lot) they are finding it very hard to stop the screen's back light shining through the front panel of the phone. You may not really get what I mean but if you have ever seen a MacBook, you would. In the laptop's case, Apple utilizes the back light as not only a....well....back light, but also to light the Apple logo on the reverse side of the screen. In the case of the iPhone 4, this would cause the phone to glow like a Christmas tree.

The interesting thing about this reason is that functional white iPhone 4s do exist. Apple some employees have been given them. Most likely, these are hand made devices built at the headquarters in California. In silicone valley, not suicide valley(if you did not get that joke, the company that makes the iPhone, Foxconn, has had 13 suicide attempts in five months). But I digress with my tasteless jokes. Basically, there must be some way to make the phones not bleed light, because Apple is doing it. I'm guessing though there is something expensive about it that is not feasible in mass production.

Another theory states, this delay is just so they have time to re-engineer the antenna. Apple has really not had luck with this product launch. Not only was there is delay in white iPhone, but also reported problems with a batch of phones proximity sensor(the thing that makes the screen turn off when it is close to your face) as well as the terrible lagging experienced by users of iOS4 on the original 3G...like me....

In any case, I will have my iPhone 4 soon and then be happy. I have already ordered some really cool cases and I recommend you check them out HERE. They are truly amazing unique things.

Thanks for reading:)
AndrewCow

The Truth About the Bermuda Triangle

Hi

This may not really be tech news as such but I like it. Apparently, crazy people who believe the Bermuda triangle is earth's hub of alien activity have finally been proven wrong. Although the proven theory has been around for a very long time, it was proven some time earlier in the year.

The theory is that methane bubbles, well...bubbling up from the earths core, change the structure of the water. This basically lowers the density so significantly, ships just sink in an instant like the water disappeared from underneath them. Now, you might be saying, what about planes. They crash and don't exactly swim. Well, this is the kicker of the story that, basically makes it one of the only viable solutions. These bubbles can float out of the water. Like the ships, this then changes the density of the air around the wings, reducing these airborne sardine tins to 600 tonne balloons. 

There is still some queries, such as boats that appeared with no people on them. Well.....they are some of the most pirate ridden waters in the world. I think any smart, sensible captain hook lookalike would find it neat to be able to kill and rob a boats rich crew, and blame it all on the aliens. Or is it more appropriate in our current political climate to call them EVIL UFO PEOPLE(any non-Australian readers...yea just go ahead and ignore that joke). You never know though. I could be wrong. Maybe the worlds alien hub is not Texas and New Mexico and Arizona. 

Whatever happens, i'm sure the stories will never stop. Oh by the way. Don't take this the wrong way. I'm not saying there are not aliens, just that they would have no interest to visit this soon to be inter-space by-pass:)

Thanks for reading guys

AndrewCow 

MobileMe is useless - Part 2

Hi

So the other day I posted on how you can sync all your calendars, contacts and emails between your iPhone. Today I will tell you how to get other MobileMe features including Find My iPhone, bookmark syncing, online storage and online photo albums. Now all this may seem like it would be easier to have all in one place but once you get to using it, it is very simple.

Find My iPhone
This feature allows you to find your phone anywhere in the world via GPS. It displays your information on an online map, allowing you to find it if it has been stolen. Another thing it allows you to do is send a message to your phone and make it ring, even if it is on silent mode.

There are numerous apps that let you do this. One I found is called FoneHome. It allows you to find your phone online and send messages to it in the exact same way MobileMe does. Although it does not let you send that sound, for $2.50, it is much cheaper than over $100. This is also the only part of my MobileMe guide you have to pay for. I recommend you keep it running in the multitasking background otherwise its a bit pointless

Bookmark Syncing
Now there are a couple of ways to do this. The first one is to do it when you sync. This, however, is not always the most convenient. The easiest one would be to use an app called Firefox Home. It allows users to not only view Firefox bookmarks but also see the tabs you have open. The feature in Firefox also allows users to sync their bookmarks and tabs between computers.

Online Storage
One major part of MobileMe is its easy online storage. Now, although this is done well. I have found somewhere that does it much much better, and for free. It is called Dropbox and off the bat gives you 2GB of online storage but very easily, can get you up to 8GB. Now this is all for free and I just love it. It puts a folder on your desktop for easy drag and drop access for PCs, Macs, AND iPhone :) Click here for an account. I highly recommend it: )

Online Photo Albums
This is a little bit of a strange feature but I thought I would cover it anyway. There are millions of ways to do this for free. Whether you use Photobucket, Flickr, image shack or even Facebook, they all would great. If you want something more in-dept with more features, Picassa by Google is great. It has an iPhone specific web app that is great.

So thats about it. MobileMe is useless.
AndrewCow