I have been waiting for HTC Magic Sense UI ROM Update very long. Today, I go to HTC website. I found they have released the ROM Update in Australia last week. I downloaded and installed it tonight.

The sense UI is much nicer and the on-screen keyboard got better touch experince too. Moreover, I love the digital clock. That is more stylish! Another great feature of Sense UI is those HTC Widget, such Bookmark. They are very nice.

The one I love most is the weather widget, becuase I like to go out for bush walking. I wish to know the latest weather forcast for planning my trip!

I found a "new" feature. I put my mouse cursor on a name, and it will popup a preview of that person's twitter. I guess that may a feature in there for long time, but I realized the existence of this feature this morning.

I am living in Australia but I came from Hong Kong and I have not backed to there for around two years. I don't know what does my home in Hong Kong look like now. Then I heard about Google Street View is avaliable in Hong Kong. I did a search for my home address. I found it. Moreover, the photo in Street View seems to be very recent. In the photo, I can see there are some constructions on the external wall of the buildings which I lived in Hong Kong. I remember my family told those constructions near the end of last year. So, the photo should be taken not long ago.

Related website:
Google Street View Hong Kong

One of my twitter friends mentioned "Microsoft Tag", so I had a look in Mirosoft Tag website. That looks like a Bar code. Actually, that is very QR Code. But you need to download the scanner program from Microsoft. No worries, it supported in the most of platforms,Windows Mobile,iPhone,Blackberry,Symbian S60 2nd, 3rd Editions,J2ME. Even I tried on my Android phone as well, there is a Microsoft Tag reader app in the Android Market. The app worked fine in my HTC Magic. One interesting point I found is all URL directs need to go through Microsoft Servers. When I scan a QR Code with a web address, a web browser will be poped up and load the URL directly. But when I scan a Microsoft Tag, it will load a URL with Microsoft Server Address. I believe the reason for this is tracking the scan. After I logined at Microsoft Tag, I can generate a report about the number of scans for each tag!

Well, that is another interesting technology. But I am more prefer to use QR Code because that is a "opened" standard!

I got an eye infection last week, so I had to stay away computer screens for a few days. That is the reason I cannot update my blog. Today, I got some spare time to catch up the IT news. I found a new feature from Google Web Seach.

That is refining the search result by location. For example, I did a search for "Supermarket", then I can click the custom location and enter "New York". Then only "New York" supermarket will be shown! That is cool! But I found this feature is only available in US. I had a look in Google Australia, I can't find the flter, "Nearby".

Related Link:
Google Blog