http://daisukeinoue.edublogs.org A guide to the world's technologies by Daisuke Daichi Papipupipu Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:44:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As the COMPUTEX festival in Taipei progresses, new and exciting products are released. It appears to the public that one of the most anticipated ones was the external graphics processor, ATI XGP. As it is clearly said, this can be used in any type of computer, but was especially made ... http://daisukeinoue.edublogs.org/2008/06/05/ati-xgp/ When introduced, Windows Vista faced many criticisms about the intense system requirements. These were intense as it only supported computers with at least 1.0 GHz CPU clock speed, 512 megabytes of memory, and 40GB of hard drive space. On the other hand, Windows XP Professional only required 300 MHz of ... http://daisukeinoue.edublogs.org/2008/05/29/28/ Matsushita Electric's most famous brand, Panasonic, recently announced the public of its planned launch of the world's first HDD car navigation system with linkage between the car and the home. Two of these kinds of GPS would be introduced under the F Class Strada navigation category with the serial numbers of CN-HX1000D ... http://daisukeinoue.edublogs.org/2008/05/22/panasonic-gps-strada-cn-hx1000d-and-cn-hw1000d/ Many people still remember the intense format war between the VHS and the Betamax that occurred during the 1970's and 1980's where JVC's VHS successfully won. Sony, with losing market share formally accepted the defeat by having a contradicting introduction of a Sony VHS system. Recently, there was the same ... http://daisukeinoue.edublogs.org/2008/05/14/format-war-hd-dvd-and-the-blue-ray-disc/ Hyundai Motor Company, known widely as the cheap low-quality vehicle manufacturer, is planning to release its first rear wheel drive V-8 powered luxury vehicle. As many of the people know, Hyundai has been experiencing an impeccable growth due to its increasing reliability and the helpful warranty system it has. As ... http://daisukeinoue.edublogs.org/2008/05/10/hyundai-genesis-revival-of-hyundais-image-2/ With its tiny form factor, it is not surprising to hear that the Macbook Air is currently the thinnest laptop in the market and the lightest 13 inch laptop in the industry. But to achieve this, Apple needed to sacrifice many of the essential equipments that people consider to be ... http://daisukeinoue.edublogs.org/2008/05/01/macbook-air/ It may seem surprising to many people, but the all-in-one Apple computer is starting to be imitated from major PC manufacturers such as Dell and Gateway to compete with this loved company. To me, it seems quite late for these makers to realize the likes of the iMac and the ... http://daisukeinoue.edublogs.org/2008/04/24/competition-to-the-imac/ As the successor of the legendary Skyline GTR, the Nissan GTR was able to create a strong anticipation before its official debut in a motor show. The Nissan Skyline GTR was a critically acclaimed vehicle that had a similar handling experience to the Ferrari Testarrosa and the Porsche 991, ... http://daisukeinoue.edublogs.org/2008/04/16/nissan-gtr/ Everybody has heard of the luxury of BMW and other famous makers like Audi and Mercedes-Benz. But many of the cars in this luxury lineup have huge and powerful engines that destroy our environment. In this case, their problems will be further intensified from the higher oil prices and the ... http://daisukeinoue.edublogs.org/2008/04/09/bmw-hydrogen-7/ Freedom of speech, in my opinion, is the basic human right every being has that allows them to express and speak freely without "censorship". This law is protected by international declarations as well as constitutions. Under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, created by the United Nations, "Everyone has the ... http://daisukeinoue.edublogs.org/2008/04/03/freedom-of-speech/