Imagine having an alarm clock bed where you can just turn around and see the time or reach your hands out to hit the snooze button. It sounds like a fantastic idea that will cost a lot just so you can save RM10 from buying an extra alarm clock. Good news for those who always throw their alarm clock away whenever it rings, just don’t try to hit your head too hard on the alarm clock bed, it’ll take more than the built-in speakers to wake you up after that.

(Source: Gizmodo)

Now that Facebook is already live in Sony Playstation 3 (update your firmware to version 3.10), what’s next? Firefox browser of course! It’s been rumored that Sony and Mozilla have been talking about putting Firefox into PS3. Great news definitely, for those who spend most of their time on their PS3. Just ensure that a USB/wireless keyboard is hooked up though, I don’t think scrolling around the virtual keyboard using the PS3 controller is something fun at all!

(Source: Gizmodo, PlayStation Insider)

Google says, most of the time we just use our computer for the Internet, and I couldn’t agree more. Whether you’re a businessman or a geek like myself, your Internet browser (or Email program), is probably the first thing you access once your computer have booted up (a couple of minutes later). The much talked about Google Chrome OS has been revealed and guess what? Seconds after you turn on the computer, Google’s browser will be booted up, because the browser will be your Operating System.  This means that every single thing will be web-based, whether it’s your documents, chat, social networking services, and such, all of the applications will be stored on the Internet. Sounds great, but it brings us all back to the most preliminary thing that will make it a nightmare for us…Internet speed and reliability! Watch the video from Google below for more information about Google Chrome OS.

(Source: Engadget)

Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Beta 3 is now available for down, just shortly after the Beta 2 release about a week ago. Although it has only been a short period of time, this new test version has 80 changes from Beta 2 - does this mean that Firefox 3.6 is still very buggy because it is loaded with so many problems to fix? Whatever it is, we heard that the speed is very impressive, however, there might be some compatibility issues with some plug-ins. If you’re curious, visit the download page and test out the Beta 3 version. If you have too many plug-ins that can’t work, you can always revert back to Firefox 3.5. 

(Source: PCMagazine)

It seems like laptops are most likely to breakdown after the 1 year mark, which is usually the warranty period given by default by manufacturers, according to a research done by SquareTrade. During the first year, it is found that there breakdown rate is at only 7.2% compared to a whooping 31% within 3 years. I think extended warranty for today’s durability standards is almost compulsory because most of the time the cost to repair is more than the cost to buy a completely new device of lower specifications (I have a very good example of a laptop at home which broke down twice in less than two years).

The research also shows the malfunction rates by manufacturer, guess who’s the most reliable manufacturer? Asus and Toshiba are neck and neck, with only a 15.6% and 15.7% of malfunction rate at 3 years. Check out the chart below. Would you buy extended warranty?

This chart just proves that you really get what you paid for.

(Source: CNet, SquareTrade)

With a processing power of nearly 5 Teraflops (that's five trillion floating point operations per second); there is no doubt that the new ATI Radeon HD 5970 is the new king of graphic card's world. This achievement is made possible by card's dual 725MHz GPUs that are built on 40nm processing technology; together with its blazing fast 1000MHz GDDR5 memory interface.

Like the card isn't fast enough, AMD equipped the card with ATI Overdrive overclocking function, so that for those who dare could squeeze even more juice out of the monster. Together with some of the latest graphic technology such as DirectX 11 and ATI Eyefinity multi-display capability built into it, the new HD 5970 is one powerful package to be reckoned with.

The new ATI Radeon HD 5970 is expected to be available in our market very-very soon. No actual price is given but with such power that it contained, this monster is definitely going to bleed your wallet dry. Checkout the card full specs and beyond at AMD's official website (http://ati.amd.com)

What do you do when your lawsuit against your competitor’s “misleading” advertisement fails? Pay back with an advertisement of you own - however, there’s one important criteria, you need to be creative. AT&T lost the recent lawsuit they had against Verizon, and as a result, came out with an advertisement to show off the things they have. Watch the video below, I’d give it 0 points for creativity.

(Source: Mashable)

Over the last weekend while everybody else was resting at home or out shopping, Acer donated RM10,000 to charity - Rumah Shalom Puchong, during a treasure hunt session from Kuala Lumpur to Port Dickson. Acer invited quite a number of dealers and members of the media to participate in the event which took place early Saturday whereby each participant also donated RM50 each to charity.

Throughout the hunt, each team were given a set of questions and tasks to complete, including buying several “treasure items” which were then donated to charity as well. On top of that, the winner of the Treasure Hunt walked away with vouchers and an Acer Aspire Timeline 3810T while the first runner up were given vouchers, an Acer monitor and Acer Revo, and the second runner up walked away with vouchers and an Acer monitor. Acer also gave away many great prizes for the mini game sessions.

Hit the jump for more pictures of the CSR event from Acer.

Earlier today Acer just announced the second half of their Smartphone lineup for 2009 consisting of 4 Windows Mobile 6.5 devices and one Google Android phone. Unlike the first batch that was launched earlier this year, these new devices are equipped with the latest available operating system, new features, and some are even equipped with the Qualcomm 1GHz Snapdragon processor.

The phones launched today by Acer are catered to a wide range of users, from those who just want something simple, stylish and is able to keep them connected to their busy lifestyle - Acer beTouch E100, E101 (not available in Malaysia) and E200, to the techie or hardcore users who want the latest technology in their hands - neoTouch and Acer Liquid.

Hit the jump for pictures and more information about these new phones.