Techisland SEASON 4 Begins Now on RCTV Channel 36.. Tech it OUT! :-)

Now Airing on RCTV Channel 36, Skycable Cebu.

Finally the long overdue episode is out.
On this episode you will see the introduction of our New Co-Host Mischelle!
Also an Interview with one of the Philippines most Beautiful Women- Rhian Ramos and her involvement with one of EGAMES online Games!
Plus check out the best way to Secure your home's and Office with VM securities- AVTech IP Cameras!

PART I




PART II

Tiktok iPod Nano Straps are finally shipping

Finally got an email today that then Kickstarter dream product is now shipping next week (from date posting of this article) Can't wait to get mine!!!!

ASUS Wins Record Number of CES 2011 Innovations Awards

ASUS Wins Record Number of CES 2011 Innovations Awards

Eight products chosen as most innovative in four award categories

Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas, Nevada (January 6, 2011) — ASUS is proud to announce that eight of its products have been chosen for the CES 2011 Innovations, Design and Engineering Awards program. The selected highlights span four award categories and include computer, consumer electronics and PC components. All have been chosen for their exciting designs and innovative use of technology, and are testament to ASUS’ position as a global technology leader.

Recognizing the best-designed consumer technology products
Chosen by a pre-eminent panel of independent industry designers, engineers and journalists, the CES Innovations, Design and Engineering Awards program recognizes the most innovative consumer electronics products across a broad range of categories. The awards have become a hallmark for the best of consumer technology design, and ASUS is thrilled that its brand promise of “Inspiring Innovation, Persistent Perfection” has resulted in such across-the-board recognition for its products.
CES 2011 Innovations Awards selection of ASUS products covers four categories:

1. Personal Electronics Awards – Three Innovations Honorees

• ASUS Eee Slate EP121

• ASUS U43Jc Notebook

• ASUS WiCast EW2000

Three ASUS products have been chosen to receive a CES Innovations Award under the Personal Electronics category, with the strikingly designed Eee Slate EP121 the first to attract judges’ attention. This portable slate computer combines a powerful Intel® Core™ i5 processor and the smooth responsiveness of Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium with a touch digitizer to afford flexible multi-gesture input and superior usability. It also features a 12” screen and an innovative Bluetooth keyboard dock to provide the best of both touchscreen tablets and traditional notebooks.

The sleek U43Jc notebook has been selected for its fusion of eco-friendly features and cutting edge technology. Clad in ecologically sustainable bamboo, the U43Jc has a naturally beautiful exterior, beneath which sits a specification that incorporates ASUS Super Hybrid Engine technology to perfectly balance energy consumption and performance for optimum battery life.
In addition to two portable computers, the ASUS WiCast EW2000 was selected as a CES Innovations honoree for its ability to stream HD video wirelessly from any device with HDMI at up to 1080p. The compact plug and play design has a bandwidth of 3Gb/s, so there’s no compromise of picture or sound quality, and streaming works equally well for HD movies and games.

2. Computer Hardware Awards – Three Innovations Honorees

• ASUS ARES/2DIS/4GD5 Graphics Card

• ASUS ROG Rampage III Extreme Motherboard

• ASUS ROG Crosshair IV Extreme Motherboard


Three high-performance ASUS gaming components have been chosen for the Computer Hardware category, beginning with the ARES/2DIS/4GD5 graphics card. Based on dual ATI Radeon HD 5870 GPUs, the ARES is righty described as “the fastest graphics card in the world”, yet its oversized custom cooling system makes it much quieter than the reference card design.
Two ASUS motherboards have also garnered CES Innovations awards. First is the ROG Rampage III Extreme, chosen for its striking appearance and powerful remote overclocking features that allow performance to be tweaked using a notebook PC or even a smartphone. The ROG Crosshair IV Extreme was also selected, recognized as the first AMD-based motherboard to support a hybrid mix of up to four-way graphics cards as well as extreme performance tuning features, such as ROG iDirect which allows overclockers to tune their PC from iPhone and iPad.
3. Home Networking Awards – Innovations Honoree

• ASUS RT-N66U Router

The Home Networking category sees the ASUS RT-N66U router picked as a CES Innovations Honoree. With a compact design that blends in discretely at the home, the RT-N66U is a full Gigabit router with dual-band Wi-Fi and a user-friendly setup that makes it easy to get the most out of its powerful performance.

4. Audio Accessories Awards - Innovations Honoree

• ASUS Xonar Xense Premium Gaming Audio Set

The ASUS Xonar Xense premium gaming audio set completes the CES 2011 Innovations Awards line-up. Designed for first-person shooter enthusiasts, this expertly paired set of sound card and headphones gives a superlative audio experience for gamers who want to fully immerse themselves in the action. High quality audio electronics deliver pure, interference-free sound, while the Sennheiser PC350 headphones reproduce in-game audio with crystal clarity.

ASUS at CES 2011
To find out more about the products and technologies ASUS is showcasing at CES 2011, please attend our press conference:
2:00PM, Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Aria Hotel
Juniper 1 ballroom, Level 3
Please also visit http://ces2011.asus.com for the latest ASUS CES announcements.
For more information about the products mentioned in this press release, go to www.techinstyle.tv.


About CES Innovations Awards
The Innovations, Design and Engineering Awards program, sponsored by PCWorld, recognizes the most innovative consumer electronics products in the industry's leading categories, with a particular emphasis on forward-thinking innovation.
http://www.cesweb.org/awards/innovations/default.asp

About ASUS
ASUS, the world’s top 3 consumer notebook vendor and the maker of the world’s best selling and most award winning motherboards, is a leading enterprise in the new digital era. ASUS designs and manufactures products that perfectly meet the needs of today's digital home, office and person, with a broad portfolio that includes motherboards, graphics cards, displays, desktop PCs, notebooks, netbooks, servers, multimedia, wireless solutions, networking devices and mobile phones. Driven by innovation and committed to quality, ASUS won 3,398 awards in 2010, and is widely credited with revolutionizing the PC industry with the Eee PC™. With a global staff of more than ten thousand people and a world-class R&D team of 3,000 engineers, the company's revenue for 2010 was around US$10 billion.

New IPAD 2 Body spotted in CES

Well, as the article says, either this is a fake body Apple "intentionally" released to fool the General Public (yes they have admitted a couple of times of doing such a thing) or this is the real thing to be announced on Feb 1 (estimated time only)

Source: iclarified

The Mac Appstore Officially Opens

Finally the moment MAC Fan's have been waiting for.  I have to say, Mac is way ahead of Windows with this one and I am sure a lot of folk's at Microsoft are saying, "Why didn't I think of that?"

Ipod Nano Hacked

Just the other day I got my Ipod nano and my wife's also.  Engraved and ready to use, BUT, it remains sealed until now because the reason we actually got it was to use it with this (from www.lunatik.com)

We Pre-ordered it from the owner's Kickstarter Project and can't wait to get it.  Personally I will use this nano as a watch, mainly as a watch but I wouldn't mind having some apps installed like a calculator or currency converter, alarm, stop watch, chronograph face theme or maybe even a multi-country clock or something.. there are just so many possibilities. Maybe even a small game of "Snake" like the one's you see on Nokia Phones.

Well here is some good news, look's like my wish has be heard and will be granted very very soon!

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Source: Macstories

Some progress on hacking the new iPod nano has finally been made by developer James Whelton who has done a basic springboard hack, figured out how to bypass the cache comparison and uncovered some interesting information.

The springboard hack is just the removal of a app and creation of a blank space. Not that amazing, but whats important is the bypass of Nano’s cache comparison, which compares any modded SB file and reverts it if it doesn’t like it, this opens up the possibility of hacking and modding, while not adding bootloaders or any of that fun stuff.

Next is the discovery in some of the device’s plists of reference to support of Movies, TV Shows, Apps, Games, vCards, Calender events and so on, with a few other cool things like a passcode lock. With the bypass I figured out, I hope to enable these pretty soon. It seems like the OS is a rehashed version of the previous Nano’s OS.

Whelton is hoping to get a bootloader on the device to expand its functionality. You can follow or get involved in the new touch Nano hacking process at http://nanohack.me

The Official Asus Press Release on the NEW HD6900 Series Graphics Card

ASUS Launches New HD6900 Series Graphics Cards

Featuring the most powerful AMD graphics processing technology developed to date for PC gaming enthusiasts and power users

Manila, Philippines — New ASUS HD6970 and HD6950 graphics cards field the latest graphics cores from AMD, dubbed “Cayman”. These are super-powered GPUs custom-made to enable DirectX® 11 and Windows® 7-optimized gaming in resolutions above 1920 x 1200 with all advanced features turned on in-game and with impressive frame rates. Offering an irresistible combination of design and performance to power users and PC gaming enthusiasts, ASUS improves on the reference design with factory overclocking out of the box for superior performance. The new cards further use exclusive ASUS overvolting interface Voltage Tweak for 50%* faster clock speeds. ASUS has also implemented more heat-efficient materials in construction, contributing to better cooling and therefore enhanced output tolerances.

Product highlights

• The ASUS HD6970 “Cayman XT” gets its core set to 890MHz and video memory to a massive 5.5GHz at the factory, while the ASUS HD6950 “Cayman PRO” arrives factory-overclocked to 810MHz on the core and 5GHz on the video memory. Tested and verified stable, these overclocks give users all the benefits of faster performance — such as extra frames per second and no slow-down even during intense action sequences in games —

while never compromising product reliability and longevity.

• ASUS exclusive and popular overvolting interface Voltage Tweak is incorporated in both the HD6970 and HD6950. Gamers and hardcore tuners can boost clocks by 50%* with proper cooling support. This is a phenomenal increase, and one that is sure to come in handy for competitive overclockers and those truly dedicated to pixel-perfect PC gaming.

• Going beyond the reference design, ASUS has once again swapped the stock plastic shroud for an all-aluminum cover that’s far more heat efficient. This creates better cooling on both the HD6970 and HD6950, dissipating surface heat more evenly and rapidly than the reference design. Less heat immediately translates into greater stability, better performance, longer product lifespan and increased overclocking potential.

• The ASUS HD6970 and HD6950 come with innovative features from AMD, including Eyefinity, HD3D and EyeSpeed technologies.

- AMD Eyefinity technology comes standard on both models, enabling the connection of up to six** displays to a single graphics card. This results in huge viewing real estate, offering an ideal platform for immersive gaming and expanded productivity.

- AMD HD3D technology creates new exciting possibilities with 3D visuals in PC games, movies, video content and even photos. The power of these new cards means the 3D effect renders in sharp detail and with no lag.

- AMD EyeSpeed accelerates video playback for a more enjoyable high definition experience. Content from Blu-ray to online videos runs unhampered in full resolution and detail.

Specifications

Model	ASUS EAH6950/2DI2S/2GD5
Graphics engine	AMD Radeon HD6950
Bus standard	PCI Express® 2.1
Video memory	2GB GDDR5
Engine clock	810MHz
Memory clock	5GHz (1.25GHz GDDR5)
Memory interface	256-bit
DVI max resolution	2560 x 1600
D-Sub max resolution	2048 x 1536
DVI output	DVI-I X1 DVI-D X1
HDMI output	X1 (native)
DisplayPort™	Mini DisplayPort ™ X2
HDCP compliant	YES
Adapters bundled	1 x 6-pin power cable 1 x CrossFire bridge
Software bundled	ASUS utilities and driver
Dimensions	11” x 5”

Model	EAH6970/2DI2S/2GD5
Graphics engine	AMD Radeon HD6970
Bus standard	PCI Express® 2.1
Video memory	2GB GDDR5
Engine clock	890MHz
Memory clock	5.5GHz (1.375GHz GDDR5)
Memory interface	256-bit
DVI max resolution	2560 x 1600
D-Sub max resolution	2048 x 1536
DVI output	DVI-I X1 DVI-D X1
HDMI output	X1 (native)
DisplayPort™	Mini DisplayPort ™X2
HDCP compliant	YES
Adapters bundled	1 x 6-pin power cable 1 x CrossFire bridge
Software bundled	ASUS utilities and driver
Dimensions	11” x 5”

*Actual performance may vary based on specific system configuration and other prevailing conditions. Enhanced cooling required to achieve 50% speed boosts through Voltage Tweak.

** DisplayPort 1.2™ compatible monitors required for six-screen AMD Eyefinity output. Please visit www.amd.com/Eyefinity for more information.

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About ASUS

ASUS, the world’s top 3 consumer notebook vendor and the maker of the world’s best selling and most award winning motherboards, is a leading enterprise in the new digital era. ASUS designs and manufactures products that perfectly meet the needs of today's digital home, office and person, with a broad portfolio that includes motherboards, graphics cards, displays, desktop PCs, notebooks, netbooks, servers, multimedia, wireless solutions, networking devices and mobile phones. Driven by innovation and committed to quality, ASUS won 3,268 awards in 2009, and is widely credited with revolutionizing the PC industry with the Eee PC™. With a global staff of more than ten thousand people and a world-class R&D team of 3,000 engineers, the company's revenue for 2009 was US$7.5 billion.