Just a reminder that we will be covering Apple’s ‘Special Event’ Wednesday (Thursday for NZ).  Tune into this page for live updates of what is happening.  Our coverage will start at 9:30am PT (4:30am in New Zealand).  The official event starts at 10am PT on Wednesday (Thursday, 5am in New Zealand).  Hit the read more link for the live blog.

I personally like HP’s netbooks, the keyboards, the trackpads and price etc.  It would be the first brand I would turn to for a netbook.  They have just released a new Mini 5103 and a refreshed Mini 210 which look just as good as any other.

The refreshed Mini 210, aimed at consumers, has had a redesign.  With 5 colors and a back that integrates the battery (like the older MacBook) but is removable.  It still has the amazing chiclet keyboard, and the trackpad with weird buttons.  It will start at $330 USD ($473 NZD) with a single core Atom CPU (an upgrade to the N550 processor will be available).

The new professional aimed Mini 5103 will be getting a dual-core 1.5GHZ processor, which HP says will improve performance by up to 20% without affecting battery life much.  It will cost $399 USD ($572 NZD) and will include HP’s Day Starter instant-on OS.  Unfortunately there is no Web-OS.  You can view the official photos here.

Apple are officially providing a live video stream of tomorrows event.  They have usually kept the events for the media only but are now opening it up to the public.  Unfortunately you must have a Mac running Snow Leopard (10.6) and Safari or an iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad running iOS 3.0 and above.  Official announcement below.  Or you can view it on their website here.

What:
Live video stream of Apple’s September 1 event

When:
Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 10:00 a.m. PDT

Where:
www.apple.com

Live Video Streaming

Apple® will broadcast its September 1 event online using Apple’s industry-leading HTTP Live Streaming, which is based on open standards. Viewing requires either a Mac® running Safari® on Mac OS® X version 10.6 Snow Leopard®, an iPhone® or iPod touch® running iOS 3.0 or higher, or an iPad™. The live broadcast will begin at 10:00 a.m. PDT on September 1, 2010 at www.apple.com.

This broadcast is the property of Apple and is protected by US copyright law and international treaties. Any reproduction or distribution is strictly prohibited without prior written approval from Apple. Please contact Apple Public Relations with any questions.

Apple designs Macs, the best personal computers in the world, along with OS X, iLife, iWork, and professional software. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store. Apple is reinventing the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced its magical iPad which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.

Please Note: We will still be covering the event here on TechBitus.

iWork update 4 has been released  and it “addresses issues in Keynote, Pages and Numbers, and adds export compatibility to Pages with the standard ePub file format”

ePub is the format iBooks and other popular ebook readers use for their books.  This allows you to create a file where the font can be changed, adjust text size etc from inside the reader.

I am currently downloading it and will post with what I think soon.

25.94 seconds.  Thats how long it takes Melissa Thompson from Salford, England to type “The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human.”

This record was broken on a Galaxy S but the model is not known.  Before Thompson, Franklin Page of Seattle held the record, having typed the above sentence in 35.54 seconds earlier this year.

Please Note: This has not been officially confirmed Guinness.