To all those mobile gamers out there, Lenovo just announced a new netbook model called Lenovo IdeaPad S12, the first netbook to integrate Nvidia Ion technology. NVIDIA ION is a motherboard platform that includes NVIDIA’s GeForce 9400M GPU and Intel’s Atom on a Pico-ITXe motherboard designed for netbook and nettop devices.

Lenovo S12 is expected to deliver the next level in mobile computing with improved usability and groundbreaking performance ever found in a netbook. Lenovo S12 takes Intel’s well-designed and economical Atom CPU and has a GPU capable handling 3D gaming and full 1080p video playback. It boasts 10 times faster graphics and video transcoding.

While this Netbook by Lenovo is small, its power packs a punch, with some specifications of the Lenovo S12 includes a 12.1 WXGA screen, a 160GB SATA Hard Drive, up to 1GB in DD2 Memory, and an integrated wireless adapter for wireless capabilities.

The Lenovo IdeaPad S12 will have two flavors. The one with the Intel GMA950 graphics chipset will be launched first in July priced at $449. The?  Nvidia Ion version of the Lenovo S12 will hit “later this summer” and while the exact price is not yet announced, best guesses place it at just under $500.

KIDO’Z, THE CHILD-FRIENDLY WEB BROWSER
Report by John Raul Joven II

If you have kids that like to go online and surf the Net, it is just right to have them safeguarded against inappropriate content that may harm your children’s developing minds.

We all know that mature content is just a few clicks away from regular web browser’s homepage and sometimes they even appear unintended right before our eyes while browsing the Web.

In this case, you need Kido’z, a child-friendly web browser that lets your kids safely browse, watch videos and play online games.

Here are the top three reasons to use Kido’z:

• First, it gives a guaranteed safe web environment for kids.
• Second, is extremely easy to use and can be personalized for your child.
• Third, it gives easier access to the popular child-friendly sites that lets
  your child watch videos, play online games and browse the Web.

Kido’z is free and can be downloaded at Kidoz.net. It uses Adobe AIR runtime technology and can be installed on systems that are AIR-capable.

HIGH FIVE AT EPISODE 5: CONTEST WINNERS
Reported by John Raul Joven II

Here are the five lucky winners of Episode 5’s contest with Top Hosting Center’s Speedy hosting plan with domain names valid for 12 months as prizes.

And the names of the winners are:

• Jonatan Escobar of Florida, USA
• Steven de Filippis of Toronto, Canada
• Jessa Escoton of Davao, Philippines
• Kirsty O’ Sullivan of Brisbane, Australia
• Arianne Aquino of Panabo, Philippines

Congratulations!

FACEBOOK PHISHING SCAMS CONTINUE DESPITE SECURITY BOOST
Reported by Dylan Combs

If you use Facebook, you may want to pay attention to this little bit of information. A Facebook phishing attack is spreading through the very popular social network right now.?  It arrives as a Facebook message titled “Hello” and has been asking recipients to “check Areps.at” or “check Best.at” which doesn’t make a whole lot of sense in itself. But nonetheless, at least 2 USAToday reporters today reporters alone received the bogus message within a single day. If you will click the link it will take you to a Facebook login page which is obviously a fake page where you’ll be prompted to type your username and password. If you’re gullible enough to click the fake page and type in your credentials, your password will be changed and you’ll be locked out of your account. The bad guys will then use your account to replicate the attack with everyone on your friends list.

So if you use Facebook, don’t click on those links and my tip is always check the URL bar. There’s always a bar at the top of the browser that says exactly where you are at. If it doesn’t say “facebook.com/ [whatever],” it’s not Facebook.

BIOSHOCK 2 TO BE RELEASED IN NOVEMBER 2009
Reported by John Raul Joven II

BioShock fans can now mark their calendar because BioShock 2, the sequel to the popular first person shooter video game developed by 2K Marin, is now set to be released on October 30, 2009 internationally and on November 3, 2009 in North America.

The game is expected to be released simultaneously on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows platforms.

The plot of BioShock 2 is set ten years after the events of first BioShock, when a number of towns around the world have been reporting kidnappings of young girls, with witnesses reporting the attackers as both extremely fast and thin.

Fans of BioShock will notice the general features of BioShock 2 which include:an evolution of genetically enhanced shooter, extension of the Rapture fiction and they’ll be able to see the Rapture before the fall.

The development team behind BioShock 2 brings more than 10 years experience who developed award-winning game titles such as Unreal and Unreal Tournament franchise.

GEEK OF THE WEEK: STEVEN DE FILIPPIS
Reported by Demitri Aleksejev

Our Geek of the Week is Steven De Filippis from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Demitri: So Steven, as a young geek, what are your areas of expertise?
Steven: Ever since I was two years old, I was always touching my parents’ computers, mouse, keyboards, and everything around. And then my parents got me my own computer which is very slow but back then it was considered very fast. Then as I was going on in life, I’ve actually realized that programming is what interests me more. So, I’m able to develop iPhone applications for iPhone and iPod Touch. And on the Web, I’m able to program SQL servers platforms or blogs. As well I’m also able to do some web designing with CSS, PHP and HTML.

Demitri: Oh that’s great. And for the second question is: what is your your best computer rig?
Steven: The best rig machine, computer, or whatever you want to call it. But I have them over right now is the Asus Rampage II Extreme with 8GB DDR3 1600 MHz. It includes Intel Core i7 965 Extreme Edition Quad-Core (which is 3.2ghz), and it has a video card NVIDIA Quadro FX 3700 and that’s the one right here which is a 22-inch monitor.

Thanks Steven, for being a geek of the week.

Good to news to everyone, my podcast co-host Brad of Tech Webcast announced that he’s going to sponsor Tech Conclave a new microphone. On May 23rd, he posted the good condenser microphone and it’s presently on its way from Melbourne to Davao. I’d like to personally thank Brad for this and hopefully our show will have better audio quality when it arrives.

If you questions, suggestions or comments, email me at techconclave (at) gmail (dot) com or visit our website and chat with me live through our live chat page.

Thank for watching this episode and thanks for those who participate the recent contest sponsored by Top Hosting Center. Catch you all next episode.

And always remember, it’s good to be geek.

No related posts.