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Launch.

So, I launched my photography website.

Go see!

Firefox 4 - stop tabs from loading automatically.

Use a lot of tabs in Firefox? Tired of waiting for them to load when loading Firefox up? Use this about:config tweak to stop them loading on startup:

Set “browser.sessionstore.max_concurrent_tabs” to 0

Done.

Honeycomb’s hardware barometer support: what it might mean.

With the recent announcement of the Motorola Xoom tablet running honeycomb featuring a hardware barometer, the tech bloggers were surprised to hear the addition of the barometer.

A barometer predicts the weather. Remember those things your grandparents used to have in their hall way or living room? Well, they have never really been brought into the consumer digital age. With a barometer being built into internet connected devices, Google may create Google weather - a hyper local weather forecast platform. Imagine this: a frequently updated weather forecast specifically for your location down to the nearest meter, even if you don’t have a barometer enabled device.

Crazy, right?

My dream tablet.

Android 3.0 (Honeycomb)
Tegra 2 CPU
1GB RAM
7” screen @ 1280x800 (with Gorilla Glass preferably)
Front and rear cameras
HDMI out
Phone capabilities (regular SIM slot preferred)

So basically, a 7” Motorola Xoom.

CES 2011 Predictions.

CES 2011 is just around the corner, rumours are already running wild and leaks are already bombarding the tech blogs.

Here are my predictions of what ~~will~~ might appear at CES 2011:

Tablets. Lots of Tablets. (tablets will be mostly Android based (Honeycomb), packing Tegra 2 processors).
3D TV’s which don’t require glasses.
4K TV’s.
New mobile handsets (again, mostly Android based with dual core processors).
A tonne of iPhone 4 crap (cases, accessories etc).
E-readers..because Amazon opened up a whole new market for competitors.
Portable media players (again, based on Android).

I’m really excited about the growing population of Android based devices and can not wait for news of new mobile handsets.