} Gadgets Log: January 2009

Gadgets, media, technology.

Jan 26, 2009

Twitter estimate worth $250M

Twitter, just after turning down $500M offer from Facebook has allegedly signed with IVP to raise $250M.

Until now they raised $20M from several investors, among them Spark Capital and Bezos Expeditions.

Twitter

Jan 23, 2009

Windows 7 thoughts

Cnet ran this article about Windows 7. Getting closer to having a Mac interface, sometimes too pretty - making simple tasks confusing, especially for XP people who skipped Vista.

I downloaded the Beta and still contemplating installing Windows 7 in dual-boot on one of my computers. Maybe I will wait for the retail version.

Cnet

Jan 19, 2009

Fanboys got release date



The movie about a group of people sneaking to the Sky Walker Ranch to see Episode One before its release is finally getting a release date - February 6th.

I thought this movie is going to stay forever in the can, since they finished shooting in 2006.

Good enough reason for totally necessary shots of Kristen Bell in a Leia costume plus onset cast promo shot.

Gizmodo

Site is back up

Site is back up after Google re-enabled my account. 3 months and still, no idea why it's been disabled but thanks to the Goog for the activation.