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- Best Graphics
Cards For The Money: August 2013 - The only new card to emerge since last month's update
was AMD's Radeon HD 7730. It appeared to be a potentially
attractive successor to some of the company's older VLIW5-based
6000-series cards. The crippled Cape Verde LE graphics processor at the
heart of Radeon HD 7730 features two render partitions capable of eight
full-color ROPs per clock, an aggregate 128-bit memory interface, and
six compute units totaling 384 shaders and 24 texture units. As a
result, the Radeon HD 7730 is slightly faster than a Radeon HD 6670
with similar memory (DDR3 or GDDR5; both cards come in both flavors),
though in certain cases the powerful GCN architecture really does
exhibit an advantage over the older VLIW design.
- LG Display Develops World's First Quad HD LCD Panel for
Smartphones - LG claimed to debut
an industry first: a 5.5-inch quad high-definition, in-plane switching
LCD screen for smartphones. The quad HD resolution display includes
2560 x 1440 pixels, which creates a pixel density of 538 pixels per
inch. The panel measures 1.21mm thick and has a 1.2mm bezel. LG claims
it is the world's thinnest and slimmest display panel, slimmer even
than the one used in the G2. The display also uses a Low Temperature
Poly-Silicon (LTPS) substrate to allow for a brightness of 430nit. Quad
HD screens are the next logical step after 1080p HD. LG says the high
resolution will let smartphones display full-sized web pages with sharp
text and no distortion. LG did not say when the new panel might be made
available to device makers.
- Display
Calibration 101: Step-By-Step - It's important to remember
that the science behind the industry's video standards has two simple
directives: display an image that is as true-to-life as possible,
meanwhile creating the least amount of eye fatigue for the viewer. By making small adjustments in key areas, even
inexpensive monitors can meet this goal. A few years ago, only very
expensive professional products played in the accurate color arena.
Now, with advances in technology and manufacturing, anyone can have a
professional-quality image on their desktop.
- The Nexus 7 (2013) Review - The original Nexus 7 gave us
a decent Android experience at a very low cost. This year ASUS and
Google raised the bar for sure. The new Nexus 7 is no longer just a decent tablet at a
good price, it's an incredible tablet. With this Nexus, it's clear
that Google no longer wants to rely on value alone. The 2013 Nexus 7
redefines what you should expect to pay for a truly great tablet. If
you're in the market for an ultra portable tablet, and definitely if
you're shopping for an Android tablet in particular, the new Nexus 7
should be at the top of your list.
- Introducing the Hot Watch Smartwatch - We are expecting
smartwatches from Samsung, Apple and others to arrive sometime in the
future. But here is a smartwatch which appears to be coming jam packed
with features. It's the Hot Watch, a kickstarter
project which has already met its funding goal of $150,000 with
over two weeks to go.
- Lenovo Installing Old-Style Start Menus on W8 PCs - Lenovo
has taken the initiative to give the Windows 8 customers what they
want. With Microsoft only offering half a solution on the Start Menu
problem, Lenovo has bridged the gap for consumers. There's a reason
Lenovo is the only PC manufacturer turning a profit these days
- Microsoft Explains 3D Printing Standards in Windows 8.1 - Microsoft
took on the topic of 3D printing to make it a more user-friendly in 8.1.
- ESET Reports Trojan in Orbit Downloader - If you are a
user of the popular Orbit Downloader, ESET suggests that you give it a
rest for a while, at least until the company removes the DDoS Trojan
that ESET
discovered. The rogue Orbit Downloader DDoS component is now
detected by ESET products as a Trojan program called
Win32/DDoS.Orbiter.A. It is capable of launching several types of
attacks, the researchers said.
- Xerox Begins Rolling Out Copier Software Fix -
Xerox has begun the task of updating corrupted software
on a wide range of their multifunction printers. The patches will be
rolled out starting this week and completed the following week. The
first patch is for the Xerox ConnectKey family, WorkCentre 75xx,
WorkCentre 57xx and ColorQube 93xx machines. A second patch will be
available next week that covers the rest of the affected products.
- NSA files: why the Guardian in London destroyed hard drives of
leaked evidence - Guardian
editors on Tuesday revealed why and how the newspaper destroyed
computer hard drives containing copies of some of the secret files
leaked by Edward Snowden. The decision was taken after a threat of
legal action by the government that could have stopped reporting on the
extent of American and British government surveillance revealed by the
documents. It resulted in one of the stranger episodes in the history
of digital-age journalism. On Saturday 20 July, in a deserted basement
of the Guardian's King's Cross offices, a senior editor and a Guardian
computer expert used angle grinders and other tools to pulverise the
hard drives and memory chips on which the encrypted files had been
stored. As they worked they were watched by technicians from Government
Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) who took notes and photographs, but
who left empty-handed. The editor of the Guardian, Alan Rusbridger, had
earlier informed government officials that other copies of the files
existed outside the country and that the Guardian was neither the sole
recipient nor steward of the files leaked by Snowden, a former National
Security Agency (NSA) contractor. But the government insisted that the
material be either destroyed or surrendered.
- NSA Paid Millions to Tech Giants in PRISM Program - The Guardian is reporting that according to new documentation released, the NSA, using US tax
dollars, paid off the mega-techcorps for their cooperation in the
data-tapping program. So much for plausible deniability.
- CIA Confirms Existence of Area 51, Documents Released to
Public - Some CIA
documents have now been officially released to the public and they
fully acknowledge the existence of the site. That's the good news. If
you're expecting these CIA documents to talk about extraterrestrials
and alien spacecraft, however, you're going to be sorely disappointed.
The reports say that Area 51, located 125 miles northwest of Las Vegas,
was merely being used as a testing site for aerial surveillance
programs. This was mostly during the Cold War with the Soviet Union.
So, the CIA is far from acknowledging the now infamous autopsy of our
supposed alien buddy here. Instead, they're just saying that they
tested some experimental aircraft there (not necessarily reverse
engineered from crashed alien spacecraft) and that would explain why
people in the area reported seeing UFOs. They were unidentified by the
public, but they were just planes. And the desert can play tricks on
your eyes and you want to fill in the blanks with sexy info about
aliens and spaceships. Of course, there could certainly be more to Area
51 than what these most recent documents reveal, but they're not going
to tell us just yet. Or ever, for that matter.
- AT&T, Sprint, U.S. Cellular to Sell Samsung Galaxy Mega - Samsung
has announced that a handful of U.S. network operators will sell the
Galaxy Mega 6.3. The Mega, which was announced earlier this year,
features a 6.3-inch HD display, 1.7GHz dual-core processor, support for
LTE and HSPA+, and 3200mAh battery. It also features an 8-megapixel
main camera and a 1.9-megapixel user-facing camera; Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
4.0, GPS, GLONASS, NFC, and MHL; support for microSD cards up to 64GB;
and 1.5GB of RAM. It runs Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean with Samsung's
TouchWiz software and applications. It will be sold in the U.S. by
AT&T, Sprint, and U.S. Cellular. AT&T said the Mega 6.3 will be
available beginning August 23 for $149.99 with a new contract or for
$24 per month with AT&T Next. Sprint said the Mega 6.3 will be
available "later this year," but did not provide pricing. U.S. Cellular
has yet to announce pricing and availability.
- USB-Powered Desktop BB Sniper Rifle for Work Stations - Are you
often bored at work? ;-)
- Mercedes tests upcoming S65 AMG at the Ring - To get the
new S-Class to run to sixty in 3.9 seconds, Benz's performance
studio fitted the S63 with a 5.5-liter twin-turbo V8 that sends 577
horsepower and 664 pound-feet of torque to all four wheels. But the
boys in Affalterbach aren't done just yet. Before the fat lady that is
the S-Class sings its swan song, AMG will follow up with the yet more
powerful S65.
- How to Make Perfect Coffee - To understand good coffee, we have to start with
how the coffee world measures its brews. After all, if you're trying
categorize your coffee, it helps if you have a benchmark. Measuring the
quality of coffee goes back to the 1950s, when MIT chemistry professor
E. E. Lockhart conducted a series of surveys to determine American
preferences. Basically, he surveyed a lot of coffee drinkers and asked
them what they liked.
- Commercial Jetpack Scheduled to Arrive Next Year - Martin
Aircraft is putting its money where its mouth is and pushing out a
safe, functional
jetpack to consumers in 2015
- The Book Thief Official Trailer #1 (2013) - check it out
- Ben Affleck is Batman - Variety
is reporting that Ben Affleck will be taking over the cape and cowl
from Christian Bale for Zack Snyder's Batman/Superman movie.
- Stereotypes: Pickup Basketball - Pickup
ballers. Love 'em or hate 'em, we all know 'em.
- We're going on a bear shunt: Speeding motorcyclist hits black
bear at 87mph - Dramatic video footage has emerged showing a speeding biker hitting a black bear on a
Canadian highway. The video shows the biker accelerating to 87mph
(140kph) in less than 20 seconds on Highway 7 near Hope, British
Columbia. A train is seen entering the peripheral view of the camera.
Shortly afterwards a bear, presumably spooked by the passing train, is
seen running in front of the bike and colliding with the oncoming bike.
- The Oldest Man In The World? Still Living At Age 123! - If
Bolivia's public records are correct, 123-year-old
Carmelo Flores Laura is the oldest living person ever documented.
- Drunk Vs. Stoned - To test if
people function better drunk or stoned, I got really drunk one
night and then really high on another night and made this video.
- Melanie Iglesias Eating Ice Cream - Dance music has never
sounded and looked so good! This unique
video combines the fashion of dance music and the energy of the
live experience. This unique video follows the lovely Melanie Iglesias
as she parties at a mind blowing pool party and dance music festival
dancing away to the sounds of the king himself - Tiesto!
- Bikini Booty Lift - Sexy Bikini
and Fitness Model Vicky Justiz is showing some of the lower body
exercises shes been doing over the last month to build a sexy round
booty and hot athletic thighs. These exercises work and produce amazing
results. See if you can do the workouts with Vicky.
- Hot Assess - check it out!
- Anna Maria Sobolewska 4 Lavel Bikini - Here's German
model Anna
Maria Sobolewska in a bikini. I think you'll agree that she's
looking extremely tasty here!
- The best pics on the Internet #36 - All pictures
are carefully handpicked!
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