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Eventful Day, HP Firefly, IE Market Share Dropping [Again]

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Last night, i slept [early] at around 3 or 4 a.m. I don't really remember. But, anyways, i slept early because i went to see my girlfriend today. So, i woke up this morning at 7:50 a.m. because my girlfriend woke me up. I quickly showered and headed out the door at 8:15 a.m. I caught my bus and got to her place at around 9. We watched 'How It's Made' and 'Smart Guy' and had breakfast before we left. So, after all that good stuff, we left to go to AMC to watch 'Bedtime Stories.' Luckily, we got a ride from her dad, or else we would have missed the 11:15 a.m. show. So, yes, we got to AMC and watched the movie. It was pretty funny, thanks to Adam Sandler. After the movie, me and my girlfriend went to the mall, Square One, but we had to leave her brother, Jeff, behind (he also watched the movie with us) because he was going to his girlfriend's place. Me and Nikki took the bus to the mall and when we got there we went all around the mall looking for the right sweater for her. We went to the mall for one purpose, for her to get a sweater, but that didn't end up happening. Instead we ate at the food court and walked around the mall and got nothing. We were about to leave and then she wanted to have a last look at some stores again. She actually ended up getting a dress shirt and a pair of tights. When we were in the line-up at H & M, we saw the scariest thing. An exact twin of my ex-girlfriend. It was, seriously, her exact twin. Okay, well, not her exact twin. But, she looked exactly like her, it was scary. Anyways, we went home and watched 'There's Something About Mary.' We didn't get to finish it because we ended up having to go eat dinner. After dinner, we worked on that 2000-piece puzzle that her and her brother have been working on for the past 3 or 4 days. Me and her brother have been clicking lately, it's a good sign, a very good sign =D. Anyways, the puzzle is almost finished and it should be done by either today or tomorrow night. At a little bit past 10 p.m. i took my bus home. Now, i have been home for the past hour and a half and have done nothing productive, but oh well, it's the holidays. I only have the weekend left though.

A weird new dual-screened laptop prototype unit has surfaced from the HP camp, the HP Firefly. As you can see, there is a normal screen and a much, much smaller screen underneath it. That smaller screens looks like it won't even be readable. The smaller screen does have a quite sharp display, at 800 x 480. I think this laptop has had some good-thought, but the legibility on the screen is questionable. We may see this at the upcoming CES, but it's not official. There has also been no official word on whether this will be released publicly, on the market or not. I think this laptop's design is kind of weird and i don't really know what you can use that secondary display for, since it's so small.

Internet Explorer seems to be losing it's grip on users, and fast. In November, IE's market share dropped to 69.77%. Apparently, for December, it looks like their market share has dropped even more. It is reported that in December, IE's market share dropped again to a whopping 68.15%. This is good news for me and is also good news to everyone. "Firefox gained more than half a point and ended up at 21.34%, Safari approaches the next big hurdle with 7.93% and Chrome came in at 1.04%, [this is] the first time Google was able to cross the 1% mark." Yes, go Google. Keep in mind, that Chrome is [right now] just your bare-bones speed-demon browser and has only been out of beta for about a month. I feel that their market share will increase significantly when Add-ons and Themes are released. I know my girlfriend [Finally!] made her switch permanently to Firefox and she told me that when Add-ons and stuff comes out for Chrome, she will switch to that. Now, you may say, Internet Explorer is still the leader and by a huge margin. But, in 2008, they actually lost 7.9% of market share, which is a lot. If people start ditching Internet Explorer's browser, more people will be secure while cruising the net. This is a good sign for everyone. Trust me.

My blogs may be getting boring, but stick with me, folks.

Bedtime Stories picture: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0960731/
HP Firefly (and picture): http://gizmodo.com/5122075/hp-firefly-has-two-screens-multitouch-big-huge-butt
IE Market Share Dropping: http://www.tgdaily.com/html_tmp/content-view-40800-113.html



Facebook Connect and OpenID, Xbox 360 vs Playstation 3 in 2009

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So, last night i slept at around 5 a.m. I woke up today at around 11 a.m. just for church. At church, i was falling asleep during the Homily because i couldn't think of anything that would interest me. Me and my mom saw Emily's family at the end of the mass, so we greeted them a Happy New Year. Anyways, as soon as we got back home, i went to sleep again. I slept until 5 p.m. and i went to eat. I tried, again, to get my Facebook Connect button working, but i gave up. Yes, i know last night i implemented Facebook Connect and chose it over OpenID, but i changed my mind again. I'm going back to OpenID. If you don't have OpenID you can submit your comments anonymously. I just didn't like the new comment system layout and it wasn't working very well with my page. So, i took out Facebook Connect and Disqus, so whatever. Until there is an official release on how to get Facebook Connect on Blogger, you won't see it on my site. Sorry.
So, who'll win? Playstation 3 or Xbox 360 in 2009. While the Nintendo Wii will just expand it's audience further in 2009 (since it's not for gamers), the real competition is Playstation 3 vs Xbox 360. The Xbox 360 is winning the race and has been ever since the Playstation 3 came out. Most people are saying it's because of the price and because of the lack of games for the Playstation 3. I would have to agree with the price, but the games not so much. We'll talk about the Xbox 360 first though.
So, the Xbox 360 is beating the PS3 in popularity. There are, obviously, more people that own the Xbox 360 than the Playstation 3. The Xbox 360 came out before the Playstation 3, so game developers had the time to get used to and know the Xbox 360's programming language. Many people say that the Playstation 3 has better graphics than the Xbox 360. Though, in 2008, if the Playstation 3 did have better graphics than the Xbox 360, i'd have to say that the difference was insignificant. Some people may be after better graphics, but i'm sure most people would rather have better gameplay than graphics. This brings me to my next point. I think that the Xbox 360 did have the edge over the Playstation 3 for most of 2008.
  The Playstation 3. During the last half of 2008, the Playstation 3's games have gotten [a bit] better, namely LittleBigPlanet and some other exclusives. 2009 looks to be a strong year for the PS3. But, the price may be a factor here. At the Playstation 3's release, they lost about $300 USD on every Playstation 3 that was sold, due to expensive manufacturing parts. They have cut that loss to about $50 USD now, so 2009 looks to be the year where they can finally break-even on the PS3's they sell. This also means that we should be expecting a PS3 price drop sometime this year. I've talked about the PS3 slim rumours, but i don't that will be happening next year. But, i am keeping my fingers crossed for mid-2010.

I still feel that the Xbox 360 will sell more units in 2009 than the Playstation 3. But, i do feel that the margin will be less than the margin was in 2008. That's just my opinion.

I don't have either system, so i can't really say much. But, i try to read as much as i can on both systems. So, there you have it. I would go more into detail, but right now, i'm too tired and can't really think straight.

You can read more about Xbox 360 vs Playstation 3 at: http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2009/01/01/ps3-vs-360-in-2009/