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- Battle of GPU Transcoders: ATI Avivo Converter and NVIDIA Badaboom -
PC
Perspective takes a look at the ATI Avivo Converter and NVIDIA Badaboom
GPU video transcoders
- 1TB Hard Drive Roundup (updated) - With the addition of
the WD Black
drive with its top-notch performance and its solid 5-year warranty,
there is no reason to look any further for a 1 TB drive. Unless you want a
cool running drive, in which case, just go with the WD Green.
- OCZ unveils eSATA flash drive - Reportedly,
the Throttle
eSATA Flash Drive can reach 90MB/s while reading and 30MB/s while
writing, which is comfortably above what USB 2.0 can achieve
- Make Your Old USB Stick Into a Digital Multitool -
Here's a short
guide of possibilities for what you can do with your drawer full of USB
sticks
- 7-Zip 4.62 -
7-Zip (download)
is a file archiver much like winzip, only with a better compression ratio.
Further more 7-Zip is open source software. Most of the source code is under
the GNU LGPL license, meaning that it's 100% free to use
- Songbird 1.0.0 Final -
Songbird (download)
is a desktop media player built on the same platform as firefox, which
allows seamless integration with all platforms, be it Windows, Mac or Linux
- Firefox Trojan Masquerades as Legit Add-On - Firefox users
beware:
a new Trojan is masquerading as the 'Greasemonkey' add-on and will
search for the normal things (passwords, login info, etc) but also looks for
your library card numbers.
- YouTube is Dead -
YouTube says: no more Anonymous, no more exposure for the
non-'sponsor-friendly'.
- Nokia N97 Demo (video) -
Here's a rundown
of the specs: tri-band HSDPA 3G support; 802.11b/g Wi-Fi; aGPS and
standalone GPS; 3.5-inch touch-resistive touch screen that measures
640-by-360 pixels in a 16:9 wide-screen format; 32 GB of built-in memory,
with support for another 16 GB with the addition of a microSD card;
5-megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics, LED flash, and video capture at
30 frames per second; on-board accelerometer and compass; and support for
Flash Lite 3.0 and Flash Video in the browser. Not bad. Not bad at all.
- LiveStation brings live TV to the iPhone (video) - LiveStation
showed a live demo of their
new app that
plays live TV on the iPhone and iPod Touch. The app isn't being released
yet, because they need approval from the Apple App Store. Livestation offers
peer-to-peer enabled streams from broadcasters like BBC and CNN
- Unlocked Android Dev Phones Available - Out of seemingly nowhere,
Google has revealed the Android Dev Phone 1, a SIM- and
hardware-unlocked G1 designed to be sold exclusively to hard working
developers. The handset ships with a system image that's fully compatible
with Android 1.0, and obviously, it complies with any SIM card and can
"flash custom Android builds that will work with the unlocked bootloader."
- Parents warned on fake consoles -
Parents are being warned about fake imported Nintendo games consoles
which could be a fire hazard and pose a danger to their children's safety.
HM Revenue & Customs said it had seized hundreds of counterfeit Nintendo DS
and DS Lites, which were discovered to contain dangerous power adapters.
Nintendo confirmed it had not produced the potentially dangerous adaptors
- Tesla Owned By The Tango (video) -
In this race,
the Tango got 92.15mph in 14.480 seconds, beating its 14.7 "dial" handicap
and thus losing the competition; the Tesla got 101.23mph in 14.666 seconds,
slower than its 14.5 "dial" handicap and allowing it to proceed to the next
round. (Two rounds later, the Tango's driver got behind the wheel of the
Tesla and also beat its "dial" handicap... and thus lost!)
- The machine creating water out of thin air - Element Four,
a small Canadian firm, has applied
its water technology to create the WaterMill, a novel
electricity-powered machine that draws moisture from the air and purifies it
into clean drinkable water.
- Ancient city discovered deep in Amazonian rainforest -
A lost city
discovered deep in the Amazon rainforest could unlock the secrets of a
legendary tribe
- Sneak Peak At New Terminator Salvation (video) -
Yes...this is a
trailer for the the trailer. Enjoy!
- Punisher: War Zone Trailer - Now Playing! -
check it out
- Isla Fisher FHM Magazine Pictures - Looks like some magazines
must be feeling the recession too, because here are some
old Isla Fischer
pictures in the latest FHM.
- Adriana Lima lingerie pictures -
Here's Adriana
Lima in some new ads for Victoria's Secret.
- Emily Scott in Ralph Magazine -
Emily Scott in
bikini and almost topless in white wet t-shirt in Ralph magazine. Wow!
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