Top Weekly Roundup of Gadget News and Reviews: 30.04.10

Hi Gaj-it Readers,

If things have been a little busy for you this week and you haven’t been able to catch up on the latest news and reviews from across the tech world, then don’t despair as we’ve compiled a weekly round up to satisfy your much needed tech cravings from Gaj-it as well as some of our neighbouring popular tech blogs.

iPhone 4G Release Date for July After Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference Announced? Read more here

Amazon Kindle Firmware version 2.5 Coming May Read more here

Is Google’s “Dragonpoint” Project Their New OS For The Living Room? Read more here

Hacker selling Facebook accounts online Read more here

iPhone 4G Leaked Prototype Saga: Now Police Are Getting Involved… Read more here

iPad PadRacer game with iPhone controller Read more here

TomTom reveal the TomTom Go 1000 Satnav Read more here

Get up with Pamela Anderson? There’s an app for that Read more here

Sky News HD Channel To Launch On Election Night Read more here

Review: Samsung Galaxy Portal, the Budget Android Read more here

McAfee Security Update Crashes Windows XP Devices Read more here

Chinese iPads ready to attract market attention Read more here

Nokia ‘Politely’ Ask for the Missing Nokia N8 Prototype to be Returned Read more here

James Cameron Helping To Build Mars Rover 3D Camera Read more here

Spotify’s New Update Includes Facebook Integration Read more here

Sony Dash ready to hit the market Read more here

Attention all Gadget and Technology Geeks!

Although, we would love to feature everyone within our list, it’s not always possible to mention everyone, however if you find an interesting tech story which you feel is worthy to be in our top weekly round up post then drop us an email and we’ll do our best to add it in.

Have a great weekend!

Ciao for now!
Gaj-it Team

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Top Weekly Roundup of Gadget News and Reviews: 16.04.10

Hi Gaj-it Readers,

If things have been a little busy for you this week and you haven’t been able to catch up on the latest news and reviews from across the tech world, then don’t despair as we’ve compiled a weekly round up to satisfy your much needed tech cravings from Gaj-it as well as some of our neighbouring popular tech blogs.

iPad UK Launch Date Now Announced for Saturday 29th May 2010? Read more here

Motorola Android 2.1 Updates Outlined Read more here

Bypass 3-D TV’s And Go Straight To Quad HD Read more here

Magic Charger converts puzzles to power Read more here

Review: HTC Desire Vs. Google Nexus One Read more here

HTC Droid Incredible offical specs announced by Verizon Read more here

The Digital Switchover – What to do and what not to do Read more here

T3 Facebook fans have their say on iPhone 4 Read more here

Is Apple Dropping Support For The 1st and 2nd Gen iPhone? Read more here

Review: Sony Vaio X Series Read more here

Google Includes Site Speed in Search Rankings Read more here

NASA R2: The first human like robot in space Read more here

Twitter App For BlackBerry Enhances Procrastination Facilities Read more here

Vodafone 845 Android Smartphone Leaked Read more here

iPad Jailbreak Courtesy of Geohot and Gang! Read more here

Attention all Gadget and Technology Geeks!

Although, we would love to feature everyone within our list, it’s not always possible to mention everyone, however if you find an interesting tech story which you feel is worthy to be in our top weekly round up post then drop us an email and we’ll do our best to add it in.

Have a great weekend!

Ciao for now!
Gaj-it Team

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From Music to Gadget, Are The Principles of Design the Same? New Book Examines the Design of Design

Every walk of life has its stars, there are Hollywood stars, rock stars, stars of politics and of peace. Even technology has its stars. Most tech savvy people have heard of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates but one name which is less well known but is equally destined to be remembered in the annals of history is Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.

Way back when computers where very large and very specialist, Fred Brooks worked for IBM and was responsible for the writing of the world’s first big computer program (in fact it was an operating system) and the program ended up being late, slow and over budget. But in the aftermath two important things happened: 1) writing computer programs turned into software engineering and 2) Fred wrote a book about why it all went wrong. From this book (The Mythical Man-Month) several different software engineering laws emerged known as Brooks laws of which the most famous is that ‘adding more people to a late project makes it later’.

Well now, 35 years later, Frederick P. Brooks, Jr.  has written another book, this time not about software but about design. Design affects all of us. If design is defined as ‘make a plan for later execution’ then we all do it all the time. From kitchen remodelling to design software, there are  lessons to be learnt and used from across the whole spectrum of design disciplines.

Fred’s new book is 442 delightful pages of insights into design. Starting with the simple questions about what is design, it moves quickly to look at Collaboration and Telecollaboration and then Design Perspectives. The later half of the book takes a trip through a series of case studies from kitchen remodelling to the design of an operating system.

The case studies section of the book starts with this great quote: ‘In retrospect, most of the case studies have a striking common attribute: the boldest design decisions, whoever made them, have accounted for much of the goodness of the outcome. These bold decisions were due sometimes to vision, sometimes to desperation. They were always gambles, requiring extra investment in hopes of getting a much better result.’ Of course the latest craze in the gadget world is the iPad and I couldn’t help but think of the iPad (and in fact several of Apple products) when I read the quote. Since Apple announced the device in January there have been lots of naysayers who have mocked the bold design decisions of the iPad. But those bold design decisions have accounted for much of the goodness in the final products. It was the same when the iMac was launched, what no floppy? Do you use a floppy today?

Obviously Mr Brook’s book isn’t for everyone, it is a technical book in many ways, but if you are involved in any kind of design, in any field, then mark my words, this book is an essential read.

The Design of Design: Essays from a Computer Scientist is available from Amazon.co.uk and InformIT for less than £20.

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Top Weekly Roundup of Gadget News and Reviews: 26.03.10

Hi Gaj-it Readers,

If things have been a little busy for you this week and you haven’t been able to catch up on the latest news and reviews from across the tech world, then don’t despair as we’ve compiled a weekly round up to satisfy your much needed tech cravings from Gaj-it as well as some of our neighbouring popular tech blogs.

Buy an iPhone 4G Before the Release Date? Sprint May Have the Answer! Read more here

LG first 3D LED TV – LG LX9500 Read more here

Samsung launches cool Android Galaxy S SmartPhone Read more here

Apple iPhone 3G S Untethered Jailbreak in Progress Read more here

Motorola Droid to Receive Android 2.1 Update Starting Tomorrow Read more here

Gaming Weekly – Crysis comes to Consoles, Medal of Honour reboot and Red Dead Redemption Read more here

Essential iPad accessories Read more here

Pet High Chair: You Gotta Be Kidding Me Read more here

BAFTA Video Games Awards 2010 Winners Read more here

Sky 3D TV Channel UK Launch Date: April 3rd 2010 Read more here

HTC EVO 4G Phone, Formally Known as HTC Supersonic is Announced Read more here

Spotted: Nokia N8-00 with 12-megapixel camera Read more here

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Available to Buy on T-Mobile Read more here

Make Up With Your iPhone Read more here

Review of MSI Wind12 U230 Netbook Read more here

Review: iPhone 3G S Vs Nokia N97. The Smartphone Showdown Read more here

Project Natal Draws Closer to Release Date Read more here

Attention all Gadget and Technology Geeks!

Although, we would love to feature everyone within our list, it’s not always possible to mention everyone, however if you find an interesting tech story which you feel is worthy to be in our top weekly round up post then drop us an email and we’ll do our best to add it in.

Have a great weekend!

Ciao for now!
Gaj-it Team

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