Collectibles Series: Hot Toys Predator Bust 1:4 Scale

Techolo.com: Collectibles Series will feature unique collectors items ranging from toys, gadgets, and other random treasures. Collectible provided by Toyrewind.com.

This is not from the movie Predator. This is actually the second release of Hot Toys' Predator Collectible Busts. This bust is taken from the classic Predator film with Arnold Schwarzenegger. Even though it is not movie-accurate, the amount of detail put into this piece is amazing.

The bust stands approximately 10 inches tall atop a skull-like stand featuring the Predator logo. The 1:4 scale Predator bust allows limited articulation for head movement and features a removable Predator mask and interchangeable open and closed mandibles.

More photos after the jump.

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Redfox’s WizPhone Android Smartphone and WizLib eBook reader

RedFox known as the first Filipino laptop and PC system brand is going to the mobile market with the introduction of the WizPhone, Redfox's first mobile phone, runs with the Android OS from Google. The WizPhone will have a music player, digital map, gaming pad, digital camera and features included with the Android operating system. No word yet on pricing.

Looking at their site, they also have a Kindle-looking ebook reader called WizLib.

“The REDFOX WizLib is your mobile digital library. It allows users to store, carry, access, and share books. Being able to view E-books, document and text files, the WizLib is foreseen as the primary device to promote learning, ease of access and provide affordable book rates to students and to the other members of the education sector.”

http://www.redfox.com.ph

Windows 7 64-bit on the iMac 21.5

So Windows 7 on the iMac 21.5 (Late 2009) How does it fare? Is it stable? Is everything working? I have been using Windows 7 since getting this iMac and have reformatted and reinstalled for more than 3 times. Here’s the rundown of my experience broken into parts. Read more after the jump.

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Unboxing ATI Radeon HD 5770 Graphics by XFX

ATI Radeon HD 5770 is ATI mid-range DirextX 11 1GB video cards that support ATI EyeFinity, a multidisplay technology that enables using multiple display on games like Crysis Warhead, Call of Duty 4, NFS: Shift. This is video card is priced at 7,600 (HIS brand) at Rising Sun Computers.

More information: http://www.xfxforce.com

Features and Benefits

• Get unrivalled visual quality and intense gaming performance and for today and tomorrow with support for Microsoft® DirectX® 11
• With ATI Eyefinity technology get the ultimate immersive gaming experience innovative ‘wrap around’ multi-display capabilities
• Tap into the massive parallel processing power of your GPU with ATI Stream technology and tackle demanding tasks like video transcoding with incredible speed
• Experience the speed, responsiveness and performance of ultra-high bandwidth GDDR5 memory
• ATI CrossFireX™ technology in dual-mode offers advanced scalability

Unboxing Siso Tablo by Hantech

Here is the unboxing of the Siso Tablo by Hantech Corporation. It is simply a usb device that you can hook up on top of your monitor and it instantly becomes a large tablet monitor.

Ultimate Desktop Tablet: iMac running Windows 7 with Tablo

This is the iMac 21.5 running Windows 7 64bit with Tablo. Make your laptop or even desktop a full-size tablet. Review coming up soon!

iOS 4 is now available for a free download

You can now update your idevice to iOS4.0 to enable new features like multitasking, app switching, iBooks and other new enhancements. Update is free for iPod Touch 2nd and 3rd gen. iPhone 3G and 3GS. Launch iTunes and check for updates. For updating manually, check our TUAW for iOS4 direct download links.

Official Windows Live Messenger free at the App Store

Microsoft (or the Apple App Store) has just released Windows Live Messenger for the iPhone / iPod Touch. There are many alternatives on the App Store for a while for Live Messenger users but this official release from Microsoft is a good addition.

I don’t use Live Messenger as my primary chat client, but I have some contacts there as well and I log in almost everyday. This new app would surely make it easier to stay connected my Live list without the need to buy IM+, BeeJive or other paid multi-chat app.

The app is not yet iOS4 nor iPad ready. there are also complaints about non-installation on some countries due to Microsoft’s restrictions. To solve that, register your Live account using a US address.

Download it Free at the App Store

Review: Lenmar PowerPort Mini Charger & Battery

If you are a gadget junky, chances are that you bring most of them outside from which you are away from a power source. Our cellphones, iPods, mp3 players or PDA’s are all powered by batteries that, let’s admit, runs out whenever we need it the most.

Some people might choose to bring spare batteries. If you have gadgets that require proprietary batteries (if you’re lucky, even battery replaceable) then you need to bring lots of spare batteries of different kinds. Add to the fact that opening and closing your device’s battery cover may cause wear, tear and damage over time. It is practical just to buy something that could charge them instantly.

Enter Lenmar PowerPort Mini Charger and Battery. It’s small, compact and portable. Read the full review after the jump.

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Microsoft Office Web Apps

Microsoft has released the online version of Microsoft Office for free! You can now access Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint and OneNote right in the browser. There is also a drag-and-drop file upload feature to upload all your documents and store them to Windows Live SkyDrive. If you also happen to have a smartphone, point your browser to office.live.com and you can preview all your files right there. You will need a Windows Live ID login account, or you can just go sign up for free.

http://office.live.com/

Apple WWDC 2010 keynote

The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is the premier technical conference for developers innovating with Apple technologies. In this year’s keynote, it is expected that Steve Jobs would introduce the newest hardware for the iPhone, dubbed as iPhone 4G or iPhone HD by some. An Apple TV announcement is also expected to steal the thunder from Google TV.

For us in the Philippines it will start tonight at 2:00AM (June 8), tune in to the following blogs for the live coverage of the keynote. No live video streaming, just live commentaries and photos.

http://www.macrumorslive.com  |  http://live.theappleblog.com  |   http://www.engadget.com

HTC Desire will be launched on June 18 in the Philippines

According to Yugatech.com. The HTC Desire will be launched in the Philippines this coming June 18, 2010. The Desire is HTC”s version of the Google Nexus One, 1 Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon, 3.7 AMOLED display, 5mp camera with flash, and comes with their HTC Sense UI. No word yet on final pricing but some local stores are already selling it for 30,000 pesos.

This comes with Android 2.1 already by default and it is Froyo ready as all 2010 HTC phones. If I had to replace this HTC Hero of mine, this would be THE phone. I’ll try to get a hold of one and will post first impressions.

[via] Yugatech

National Bookstore is now a Dell reseller

“The partnership between Dell and National Bookstore will have the latter reselling exclusively the Dell Adamo M13 notebook PC. National Bookstore will also carry, albeit not exclusively, other Dell products such as Dell Inspiron notebook PCs, Dell monitors and Dell peripherals.” – PhilStar.com

This thin Dell Adamo M13 laptop is now exclusively being sold at National Bookstores. The Dell Adamo M13 is powered by Intel Core 2 duo processors and features a 13.4-inch edge-to-edge LED display, 5 hour battery life, solid-state drive, and runs Windows 7 Home Premium operating system. Available in silver aluminum, pearl and onyx brushed aluminum finish. The Dell Adamo retails at P139,000.

Smart Gold’s Surf n’ Mail Unlimited Plans

Smart Gold has an unlimited mobile browsing and email plan for those of you in need of internet access while on the road. May it be checking your email or just updating your Facebook status. There are 3 plans to choose from:

Surf Plan:
8 hours of browsing for 30 days. Add P119 on top of your monthly plan

Surf N’ Mail: Plan:
8 hours of browsing plus unlimited push email for 30 days. Add P299 on top of your monthly plan

Surf N’ Mail Max: 
16 hours of browsing plus unlimited push email for 30 days. Add P399 on top of your monthly plan

[via] Smart Gold Surf N’ Mail

HTC Hero GSM Android 2.1 update coming this June?

Sprint owners of the CDMA HTC Hero already got their firmware update last month. Will we be seeing the 2.1 Eclair update on some of our HTC Hero Euro GSM edition this month? According to some early reports. Yes. The update is expected to trickle to HTC Hero GSM phones this June and will be a 2-part download. First download will prepare the device for the second full update.

This is following the numerous delays of Eclair 2.1 hitting the HTC Hero GSM. Some speculate that this was done to drive the sales of the Hero’s successor – the HTC Legend which comes in version 2.1 by default. I’m personally waiting for this update before rooting and installing a custom ROM on my Hero. If this gets delayed again. I’m thinking of dropping the Hero and getting something else.

via TechRadar

The Apple killed The Flash

The Flash with all his speed was stopped by a deadly apple. Who has to go next? Grand Master Flash? Flash Gordon? I can’t let this shirt pass up without getting one to wear while using an iDevice. - By Lim Heng Swee

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