Last week, Cologne saw the second incarnation of gamescom since it moved from Leipzig over to western Germany. Tim and I had an idea on how to cover it this year: we decided to do a live stream à la Leo Laporte or the Pixel Corps from on location aka the show floor.
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Nachdem ich zuletzt im vergangenen Jahr über einen Foto-Verleih geschrieben hatte, gibt es den dort erwähnten Verleih-Service von Lens Avenue seit einigen Monaten nicht mehr der mittlerweile wieder unter der alten Adresse zu finden ist. Leider kann ich zum neuen Service noch keine Aussagen machen, da ich ihn noch nicht genutzt habe. Es ist also Zeit für eine aktualisierte Version zu diesem Thema…
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On October 1st Google released Wave to some 100.000 selected beta testers. While I wasn’t lucky enough to get a first row seat, I had the luck to be nominated by Andrew Terry and Kol Tregaskes for an invite. 2-3 days later my nomination by these fine guys came through.
Currently the best way to use Wave is using a regular browser on your computer. In some instances though you might want to use it on the go, say, on an iPhone or iPod touch. There are various claims out there that state it isn’t possible because Google said so on their site when you tried to go there with MobileSafari. It does work though, and it’s not a real secret. Have a look.
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It feels like it was just yesterday that Data Robotics launched their latest product, the DroboApps which are available with the combination of the Drobo and DroboShare. Actually quite some time passed since that. But today we got some news from the Bay Area, home of the Drobo. The newest device is called DroboPro and aimed at Small Businesses (SMB) with 1-99 users.
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Last weeks Apple keynote in Cupertino, CA compressed into just under 10 minutes.

A quick hint for those using the Safari 4 Beta in Mac OS X and wondering why Google Mail (with Gears from Safari 3) doesn’t work anymore.

Opening Gmail with an old version Gears enabled resulted in a blank white window. Disabling it brought Gmail back but, obviously, without the offline features. An updated version of Gears has been available for a while now, but the process of updating isn’t really obvious and just re-installing/updating Gears didn’t work for me for some reason.
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After seeing a recent Facebook hype during the last months of 2008, it now looks like Twitter has gained attention by some of my friends from GIGA. This list probably (definitely?) isn’t complete, so if you see anyone I’m missing – just let me know. It’s also in no particular order (besides the alphabet). Follow me at twitter.com/holgere.
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I had the opportunity of using Nikons current high-end compact camera, the Coolpix P6000 (DE/US), for the past week. Whenever I get a new piece of hardware to play with I get really excited to see if it lives up to the hype. Although this hype – if you want call it that back at Photokina last year – around the P6000 is gone for a while now, I still couldn’t wait to have a look at this camera.
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Looks like Apple is starting to hunt down those pesky guys and girls who are accessing the US iTunes Store from abroad. These (parts) are the updated Terms of Sale you just accepted – probably without reading them – while trying to buy something from their store:

U.S. SALES ONLY

Purchases or rentals (as applicable) from the iTunes Store are available to you only in the United States and are not available in any other location. You agree not to use or attempt to use the iTunes Store from outside of the available territory. Apple may use technologies to verify such compliance.

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I just created this video using Canon’s EOS 40D a digital SLR which usually isn’t able to record video. The first Canon camera that officially supported this is the 5D Mk II. A firmware hack has been floating around the net for a while. (more…)