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[ Luofei | 1 Mar 2010 | No Comment | 123 views]
Featured Mac App: Seashore image editor

We have previously told about GIMP, the open-source alternative to Adobe Photoshop.  We even mentioned GIMPshop, which is GIMP skinned to look like Photoshop.  However, Mac OS X users might want to take a look at Seashore, which offers a number of advantages over GIMP for free image editing.

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[ Luofei | 17 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 13 views]
WikiReader is what it says it is, does it well

The WikiReader is exactly what it sounds like.  It puts all of Wikipedia into the palm of your hand in a dedicated touchscreen device.  While this may sound a little pointless in the age of smartphones and wireless broadband, there is more appeal to this device than meets the eye.

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[ Luofei | 11 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 8 views]
An Ode to Trackballs

A lot of people think I am weird for liking trackballs, but those people very obviously have never really tried using a trackball for their mousing needs.  In fact, except for specific purposes, like gaming, I consider trackballs to be the superior way of mousing.

Impressions, Review »

[ Luofei | 4 Feb 2010 | No Comment | 70 views]
Hands-on Gallery: Lenovo ThinkPad Edge

Recently, we just got a review unit of the new Lenovo ThinkPad Edge, which is a hybrid of the traditional, corporate ThinkPad laptop and more consumer oriented IdeaPad line.  Check out our photo gallery after the jump.

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[ Luofei | 19 Jan 2010 | One Comment | 20 views]
Twitter on Windows Mobile too

Twitter has been somewhat of a talking point lately.  It seems like you can send tweets from almost anything, anywhere.  For Windows Mobile users (like myself), the best Twitter client we have come across is Tiny Twitter.

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[ Luofei | 7 Jan 2010 | One Comment | 154 views]
Keka brings power archiving to Mac OS X

While Mac OS X has a built-in Zip Utility to create and open .zip files, you will need something extra, such as StuffIt, to open other formats such as .rar, .sit et al.  However, the free version of StuffIt only opens those archives, and does not let you create your own.  That is where keka comes in.