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MacBook Pro Late 2011

Apple quietly updates its MacBook Pro line-up with the newly released Sandy Bridge based Intel CPU.

13-inch MacBook Pro

Comparisons for the two processors.

15-inch MacBook Pro and 17-inch MacBook Pro

Comparisons for the three processors.

Graphics adapter:

  • AMD Radeon HD 6750M with 512MB GDDR5 – 15-inch MacBook Pro only
  • AMD Radeon HD 6770M with 1GB GDDR5

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The next Intel platform Ivy Bridge is slated to hit the street in early 2012.

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South Park returns on Wednesday October 5th, 2011.

South Park returns on Wednesday October 5th, 2011. Following the mid-season finale “You’re Getting Old“, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone is giving no clues to where the show is heading. They simply say:

Everything is about to change… or maybe not

You might want to refresh your memory by watching “You’re Getting Old” again. The episode is available at South Park Studios. All you have to do is to click the link on previous sentence. If you can’t watch it because you do not have a U.S. based IP, then please do not look for it elsewhere such as searching for “South Park You’re Getting Old download” or “South Park S15E07” on Google or other fine search engine. In all seriousness, Google is by far a better search engine. Do not believe what Steve Balmer or Paul Thurrott (both are Microsoft cheerleaders) said about Bing being a better search engine than Google. Oh, where was I?

Anyway, South Park is back…. on Wednesday October 5th, 2011.

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Amazon Kindle Fire, do not call it Android tablet.

Amazon introduces Kindle Fire, a new class of Kindle with color touchscreen.

Don’t call it an Android tablet, though.

Q: How many times does the word “Android” appear on Amazon’s Kindle Fire page?

A: Once, in the following sentence: “Additional email apps are available in our Amazon Appstore for Android.” It’s a Kindle tablet, not an Android tablet.

Amazon Kindle Fire is priced at $199 and will be released on November 15th, 2011.

“Orders are prioritized on a first come, first served basis.”

Amazon Kindle Fire also comes with one month of Amazon Prime, which includes video streaming and free two-day shipping.

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How would Amazon Kindle Fire compete with other tablets? The $199 price point is quite attractive. Amazon Prime customers would certainly enjoy the video streaming.

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Thor, Anthrax and Dream Theater.

It is September 13th, 2011 and it’s time to spend some hard earned cash on entertainments.

As I have mentioned it before, I was planning to get new records from Anthrax and Dream Theater today. As I walked in the store I found out that Thor is also released today. There goes $50 out of my pocket.

I have yet to open any of the packages, so I won’t be doing any reviews. Then again I won’t be doing any reviews after I actually listens and watch them because I’m way too lazy.

Anthrax – Worship Music

  • New album with Joey Belladona who was out of Anthrax after Persistence of Time.
  • Anthrax played a show at Best Buy Theater in New York under the Moniker Satan’s Lounge Band on Monday September 12th, 2011.
  • Anthrax along with Megadeth, Slayer and Metallica will play The Big 4 show at Yankee’s Stadium on Wednesday September 14th, 2011 at 4:00 PM.

Dream Theater – A Dramatic Turn of Events

  • A Dramatic Turn of Events is the first Dream Theater record without founding member Mike Portnoy.
  • It is also the first with new drummer Mike Mangini.
  • Three editions are available:

Thor

  • Thor is played by Chris Hemsworth, who also played George Kirk in 2010’s Star Trek.
  • There’s Natalie Portman in it.
  • I have not watched the movie yet, not even in the theater.
  • Three editions of the movie are sold in most stores.
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Ten years to the day.

Ten years to the day, there are things I don’t remember and there are things I won’t forget.

Things that I knew to happen ten years ago:

Those were the two of many releases scheduled for September 11th, 2001. Live Scenes From New York original artwork featured a flaming apple with New York skyline including the twin towers of World Trade Center. Lyrical themes of God Hates Us All seems to be prophetic with the event of September 11th, 2001.

What happened that day changed how we live our lives. Would there be warrantless electronic surveillance in the news? Would there be long security lines in the airport? Would the governments demand backdoor to be built in encryptions? Would governments ask RIM for access to their secured network?

Ten years to the day…….