Boxee! It’s been quite some time since we’ve heard from you. And now, they’re finally (finally!) ready to ship their Boxee Box by D-Link out to customers that pre-ordered them from Amazone and Best Buy. 10th of November will be the day to meet your Boxee, and those in Australia, New Zealand, and Europe will see their Boxee soon after. Retails will receive the Boxee Box in November 17th.

The award-winning Boxee Box, first unveiled in December 2009, received critical acclaim from the industry and is highly anticipated by consumers. The product is the first media device capable of playing most popular media file formats from a home network along with free and premium TV shows and movies, videos, music, and photos from the Internet, with support for full 1080p high-definition (HD) and 5.1 surround sound.

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As expected, Apple has previewed to the press in its “Back to the Mac” event the next version of Mac OS X, which is the 10.7. The next version will be called the ‘Lion’, which will replace the ‘Snow Leopard’.

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In a toy-catcher machine. Mr kelvin Lee, 24, who operates two toy-catcher machines at the Golden Mile Food Centre, said he has given away four of the extremely popular fruit phone as prizes since Oct 7. And there’s still one more left to be grabbed (at the time of writing of kush)! Read more…

Here’s a prototype by Red Bull Racing. It’s called the X1 Prototype, and looking at the numbers on paper, it should pawn both the Aero Ultimate SS and the Veyron Supersports. But only in Gran Turismo 5.

This is a collaboration between the talented perfectionists from Polyphony and Red Bull Racing for the Gran Turismo 5 racing simulator. Obviously, this would be the fastest moving thing in Gran Turismo 5, as Red Bull Racing is a huge sponsor for this game. Read more…

Because the decoded Mayan calendar to our current one isn’t fully accurate. The good news is that the Mayan “Long Count” calendar may not end on Dec. 21, 2012. And by that, the world’s expiry date may not end along with it too. The only bad news is, if you’re a believer of the prophecy that is, you won’t know when the world’s gonna end, or perhaps it already has. Read more…

Think that the sexy DJ girl in last weekend’s rave party is cool? Well now you can learn some simple DJ-ing at home before hitting hard on her. Just get yourself the latest DJ Hero 2 game from Activision. No, you’re not getting it just to show that you play DJ games. You’re getting it because Activision has lost its mind and bundle the game with two turntables and a microphone. Oh yeah! And oh, grab it fast, because it’s on sale right now! Read more…

And I’d expect more job opportunities to be made by Intel from this upgrade plan. Unlike Apple and Google who is making bed using their mountains of plundered cash, Intel sure is a shopaholic and big time spender. After spending nearly $8 billion to have McAfee under their group, now Intel is laying plans to upgrade the factories in Arizona and Oregon. Speculated cost would be between $6 billion and $8 billion, inclusive of a new fabrication plant in Oregon.

“Today’s announcement reflects the next tranche of the continued advancement of Moore’s Law and a further commitment to invest in the future of Intel and America,” said Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini. “The most immediate impact of our multi-billion-dollar investment will be the thousands of jobs associated with building a new fab and upgrading four others, and the high-wage, high-tech manufacturing jobs that follow.”

The PC industry is achieving a significant milestone this year with 1 million PCs shipping per day. The upgraded fabs create the capacity for the continued growth of the PC market segment and additional computing markets Intel is addressing, such as mobile and embedded computing.

The new investments reinforce Intel’s leadership in the most advanced semiconductor manufacturing in the world. Intel’s brand-new development fab in Oregon – to be called “D1X” – is scheduled for R&D startup in 2013. Upgrades are also planned for a total of four existing factories in Arizona (known as Fab 12 and Fab 32) and Oregon (known as D1C and D1D).

“Intel makes approximately 10 billion transistors per second. Our factories produce the most advanced computer technology in the world and these investments will create capacity for innovation we haven’t yet imagined,” said Brian Krzanich, senior vice president and general manager of Intel’s Manufacturing and Supply Chain. “Intel and the world of technology lie at the heart of this future. Contrary to conventional wisdom, we can retain a vibrant manufacturing economy here in the United States by focusing on the industries of the future.”

The upgrade will allow Intel to move forward swiftly into 22-nanometer fabrication manufacturing process. As you can no doubt guess, the investment will also be quite a boon to both areas — Intel says that the upgrades, which will take place over “several years,” will create as many as 8,000 construction jobs and between 800 and 1,000 permanent jobs at the facilities.

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Looks like RIM really intended to place their PlayBook alongside Apple’s revolutionary iPad. The PlayBook will have 3 variants, differentiated by their capacity of 16GB, 32GB and 64GB variants. But RIM would edge off the iPad in the battery life section, as it’s throwing in a 5,300 mAh battery, which is comparable to a full-sized laptop’s battery. Well, we’ll see how RIM’s multi-core, multi-processing, multi-tasking tablet goes up against their fruit rival. Read more…

At the left corner, we have the Samsung Wave II on a Super Clear LCD TFT (Super TFT). And at the right corner, we have the Samsung Galaxy S on a SuperAMOLED. This simple review is provided by ‘mobile-review’ from Russia. Both are from the Korea screen expert, so let’s have a look. Read more…

What can you tell of a person who spends 5 figures on a normal QWERTY phone? Yes, he should have a few Bentley and Lambo in his garage. Perhaps one of those limited edition Veyron too. And he hardly drives them, as he should be flying around the world nearly every week in his own private jet.

That’s why Vertu, the world’s swelly famous and exotic boutique, is using Symbian for their Vertu Constellation Quest. Well, you won’t care about what OS is it running when you can afford a cool €19,500 including VAT (about $27,000) for this ‘smartphone’. All you care is that it’s slightly gold-plated.

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