News Archive – The Technopath

Sony Ericsson announces new Android lineup

Posted by Uzair Sajid on June 16, 2010.

Sony Ericsson just announced a new Android lineup along with updates to the existing XPERIA X10 series. The announcement confirms the 3-inch XPERIA X8 for a Q3 2010 launch along with Android 2.1 updates for the XPERIA X10, X10 Mni and X10 Mini Pro....

An Open Letter Song for Lilly Allen addressing Piracy

Posted by Uzair Sajid on September 26, 2009.

Okay most of you would be wondering why I write about piracy so much? Well the answer is really complicated and I’d address the issue at some later time. But for now, lets just enjoy this song by Dan Bull – a UK based musician, file sharer and fan of Lilly Allen....

The Pirate Bay and Open BitTorrent Taken Down

Posted by Uzair Sajid on August 25, 2009.

It seems like the world of P2P file sharing has come to a standstill as Swedish authorities have taken down its life source – The Pirate Bay and (surprisingly) its sworn successor – Open BitTorrent....

CRISTAL allows you to control your entire living room from a Multitouch Table

Posted by Uzair Sajid on August 16, 2009.

One rather good use of the Microsoft’s Multitouch-cable Surface table would be to control you’re living room – which CRISTAL aims to achieve....

RIAA strikes again, a student fined $675,000 for Piracy

Posted by Uzair Sajid on August 1, 2009.

Copyright holders and record labels rejoice as RIAA secure there second win in less than a month. This time, the victim was a graduate student from Boston University, Joel Tenenbaum – who was pursuing a PhD in Physics. Though the amount was a little lower this time – $675,000....

Firefox crosses 1 billion downloads

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 31, 2009.

It makes me proud to be a member of Spread Firefox team today. Firefox has crossed the 1 billion downloads hallmark which includes every release. The browser was the first big challenge to Internet Explorer’s rein as the most dominant browser and after about 7 years of struggle has managed to gain around 30% of the m...

Win an HP dv2z notebook from AMD

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 24, 2009.

Its July 24, the day AMD and ATI merged into one about three years ago. Not only that, this year marks the 40th anniversary for the company. And to celebrate this, they are giving away four HP dv2z notebooks via a contest. To take part in the contest, all you have to do is:...

ASUS P6X58 Premium – World’s First USB 3.0 and SATA 6GB/s Motherboard

Posted by Uzair Sajid on July 23, 2009.

Photos of the first commercial motherboard to support USB 3.0 and SATA 6 GB/s speeds have been released by – you guessed it – a Chinese hardware forum. The motherboard is for Intel’s X58 platform (Core i7 for the n00bs) and supports six triple channel DDR3 memory slots, and three PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots among o...

Watch full length TV Shows and Movies on YouTube

Posted by Uzair Sajid on April 17, 2009.

Following the footsteps of Hulu, YouTube is now also set to roll out full length TV Shows and Movies for US residents. YouTube has partnered with several networks and studios, including MGM, Lionsgate, Discovery, CBS (and many more), in order to bring a wide array of titles available for streaming. The downside here i...

Facebook agrees to fix the redesign

Posted by Uzair Sajid on March 26, 2009.

Millions of people complained in the past couple of weeks when Facebook launched a new layout for its home page. The new design broke away from the previously popular two column layout in favor of a three column version which was in ways similar to the old version of Facebook. While I love most aspects of the new desi...