The Net Vol. 7

Even though I have writers block I couldn’t miss a “The Net” post again! What’s really easy about writing these posts is that you are not actually writing the story, you are telling people about other stories. The only hard part is finding the stories. This week once again has been busy for me as ThinkComputers has been pumping out the reviews, I have highlighted some of the better reviews from the week later in this post. Ok so let’s see what happening on the net!

BlogWord Expo
It seemed like everyone and their mother was at BlogWorld this week. It was in Las Vegas and of course John Chow and Shoemoney were there. Also MsDanielle made the trip out there as well. From the looks of it BlogWorld is a small show, but it’s not like CES. I think it would have been a lot of fun to check out. One thing that is great about any convention is meeting up with other people. Networking is huge at all conventions. Of course John took all the bloggers out to eat! Looks like everyone had a great time, hopefully I can make the trip next year!

iPhone 1.1.2 Firmware
The new 1.1.2 iPhone firmware hit this week and no one really noticed! The only thing the firmware adds is foreign language support for UK English, French, German, and Italian. Also you get a battery status indicator in iTunes. It seems it has already been jailbroken, but there has been no official release. There really is no reason to even upgrade, so until there is an official jailbreak release stick with 1.1.1.

Self-filling Champagne Glasses

With the holidays coming up I know a lot of you will be celebrating. What better way to impress your guests than with some self-filling champagne glasses. This is great an allows you to fill up all the glasses in just 1 pour. The glasses are made from hand blown Pyrex glass. Thinking about getting a set, it will set you back around $1200!

New ThinkComputers Reviews
As I said it is the busy season for reviews at ThinkComputers. We have published 5 reviews the week, 3 of which are really cool products. The first is the ASUS Commando motherboard. It is part of ASUS’s Republic of Gamers motherboard line and is really badass. Second is the ViewSonic VA1930WM 19-inch LCD. If you are in the market for a new 19-inch LCD this is a great choice. And finally the Meizu M6 Mini Player. If you are not a huge fan of iPod’s than you might want to check out this player from Meizu, it can play music, videos, and photos, and costs far less than an iPod.