Michael's Tech Blog

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I use Opera for Internet surfing. I like it more than Firefox because it has a clear and stable tab realization. However, it’s better to do a web development with Fireforx because it has a lot of extensions for this such as Web Development, LiveHTTPHeaders or ColorZilla. Those extension make a life of developers easier. Recently I came across this post on Opera blog. It shows 150 popular Firefox extensions and their analogs in Opera 9. Some of them are released as widgets – a small web applications run directly on a user’s desktop. Also, Opera allows to create a custom buttons for toolbars. For web developers there is a special web developer toolbar similar to Firefox extension. So, it seems Opera is growing very fast and it advances in right direction!

Samsung rolls out SCH-B450 – geek andcool gaming mobile phone. The following features characterize this phone: TV-out, A2DP, a motion sensor for Wii-like interaction, a game-friendly keypad, 3D acceleration, S-DMB reception, Immersion’s VibeTonz, and that clever dual hinge design.
The SCH-B450 is released only for Kerean market but you can try its congener – SGH-D307 which oriented to business application.

[via Engadget]

Gigabyte has announced a new Windows Mobile 5.0-powered Smartphone – gSmart i128. It features a 2.4-inch TFT display, 2.1-megapixel camera, 64MB RAM, 128MB ROM, MiniSD card slot, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and USB connectivity. Additionally, gSmart includes NTSC/PAL TV receiver to provide a real-time TV broadcasting on one’s favorite game or show.
Pricing and availability have not yet been announced.

[via SlashPhone]

The Karputer brings the power of a Windows XP PC to the car, complete with an integtrated satellite navigation system, WiFi connectivity, and Bluetooth capability. You can control the Karputer via several input methods, including the touchscreen or the wireless mouse and keyboard. In addition, the Karputer is able to run other normal PC tasks such as playing DVDs, MP3s, as well as games. The ICEPAC2 unit is small enough to be installed into any vehicle and uses a 7″ XGA motorised touchscreen LCD screen for its display. It is powered by a 1GHz processor, and will cost anywhere from £1,689 for the barebones version to £2,000 for the whole works.

[via Pocket-lint]

Many of you know that the Paphos Aphrodite Festifal takes a place every Autumn since 1999. This year the Marinski Theatre from St Petersburg will be travelling to Cyprus to perfom Un Ballo in Maschera – The Masked Ball a colourful opera written by Guiseppe Verdi.
The opera will be performed on Friday 1th, Saturday 2th and Sanday 3th September 2006 at 20:00. The tickets are available at £s;20 – £s;45. For moe information, please, visit www.pafc.com.cy.
We are going to be there! Definitely!

Perl is cool and geek! You can do many thing using it and not just simple scripts. You have to just know how to do it. Tomorrow I found two articles on 128.ibm.com: “Create mosaic images with Perl and ImageMagick” and “Create mosaic movies with Perl, ImageMagick, and MPlayer“. Source code is available for both articles.