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- Microsoft's Future Vision: Live, Work, Play - Technology
could transform our life at work, on the go, and at home. This is a
snapshot of what the future will look like five to ten years from now.
In the years ahead, technology will amplify our senses; help us stay
connected to the people we care about and transform the way we live,
work and play.
- Microsoft Surface Pro aims to replace your laptop - Decked
out with optional keyboard covers and full Windows 8, Surface Pro
is as powerful as a Windows ultrabook, and just as expensive. Ed
note: Interestingly still nobody highlights very poor battery life ...
- Teaching Kinect for Windows to Read Your Hands - One
promising direction in the evolution of Kinect for Windows is enabling
hand-gesture recognition. A machine-learning project uses a large, varied set of
images of people's hands
to train Kinect to determine if a hand is open or closed. This enables
the development of a handgrip detector, which could launch another step
forward in natural user interfaces.
- Early Haswell processors will reportedly have a USB 3.0 bug - If
you're planning on upgrading to Intel's Haswell platform later this
year, you may want to wait for the first round of chips
to clear shelves before taking the plunge.
- Enermax Introduces TRIATHLOR Series of PSUs - ENERMAX has
introduced their TRIATHLOR series of power supply units, the
successor to their popular Modu82+ series of PSUs.
- Ratpadz Still $5 Off With Free Shipping - Yes, it is
still $5 off and they still offer free shipping in North America
(add to cart for discount). So, if you need a new mousing surface, you
should step up to the best and grab yourself a RatPadz XT. This could
quite possibly be the last mousepad you ever buy.
- Valve's Steam Box game system to begin testing in 3-4 months -
Valve CEO Gabe Newell told the BBC
its upcoming Steam Box gaming system will be ready for testing within
"three to four months". The Steam Box is Valve's answer to game
consoles, with which it hopes to offer a "dumbed down" living room PC
gaming experience before efforts by companies like Apple beat it to the
punch. Newell didn't share many specifics about the Steam Box, but said
the company is still determining how much performance it can cram into
its tiny PC-based game console. "There are noise issues and heat issues
and being able to [deal with] that while still offering a powerful
enough gaming experience is the challenge in building it." Newell told
the BBC.
- Microsoft restores transfer rights for retail Office 2013
copies - This means customers can transfer
Office 2013 to a different computer if their device fails or they
get a new one.
- Dummy Cursors Keep Your Passwords Safe? - Heh! Nice
headache ;-)
- The Pirate Bay lands in North Korea, granted virtual asylum - Late
last month The Pirate Bay vacated its Swedish homeland after local
anti-piracy group Rights Alliance threatened to sue Piratpartiet for
supplying bandwidth to TPB. After a week sailing the high seas for a
new home, the torrent site has landed in an
unlikely land - North Korea.
- iPhone 5S planned for August, next iPads may debut as soon as
April - iMore has learned
that Apple is planning the release of the iPhone 5S for this summer,
currently for August. Next generation iPads, presumably the iPad 5 and
potentially the iPad mini 2, may also debut as soon as this April.
Sources familiar with the plans have told iMore that the iPhone 5S does
indeed have the same basic design as the iPhone 5, with a more advanced
processor and an improved camera. With the iPhone 5, Apple made the
casing thinner but managed to keep essentially the same, if not
slightly better, overall quality.
- Sprint's LTE Goes Live in Nine New Markets - Sprint announced that its LTE 4G network is now
available in nine additional areas. The new markets, which were already
named in Sprint's LTE roadmap, include Columbus and Elkhart/Goshen,
Ind., Hammond, La., Asheville and Statesville, N.C., Altoona, Pa., San
Juan, Puerto Rico, Temple, Texas, and La Crosse, Wis. Sprint also
expanded the availability of its LTE 4G network in San Germán, Yauco,
Salinas and Santa Isabel, Puerto Rico. Sprint's LTE network is now up
and running in 67 total markets, though many of them are smaller
cities. Sprint is hoping to have LTE available in 150 markets by
mid-year.
- Justice Department Approves of T-Mobile/MetroPCS Merger - The
U.S. Department of Justice today indicated that it approves of T-Mobile USA's plan to merge with
MetroPCS. Technically, the Justice Department allowed the shot clock,
during which it would voice any formal objections or block the merger,
to run out without fileding any complaints or taking any action against
the merger
- White House: It's time to legalize cell phone unlocking - In
February, a petition calling for an end to the ban on unlocking cell
phones was introduced. In a short amount of time, the petition received
the requisite 100,000 signatures needed to elicit a possible White
House responsible. Today, the administration did indeed respond to the
petition and it appears the White House is in favor of letting
consumers unlock their phones. In a reply titled "It's Time to
Legalize Cell Phone Unlocking", the White House shows its support for
the petition. "The White House agrees with the 114,000+ of you who
believe that consumers should be able to unlock their cell phones
without risking criminal or other penalties." the White House stated.
The response later continues, "The Obama Administration would support a
range of approaches to addressing this issue, including narrow
legislative fixes in the telecommunications space that make it clear:
neither criminal law nor technological locks should prevent consumers
from switching carriers when they are no longer bound by a service
agreement or other obligation.
- Iron Man 3 - Theatrical Trailer #2 - Iron Man 3
is directed by Shane Black (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) working from a
script that he co-wrote with Drew Pearce. Actor Robert Downey Jr.
returns as Tony Stark and Iron Man in this sequel described as a
technological crisis thriller in the midst of international war, taking
place after the events of The Avengers. Sir Ben Kinglsey is playing
Iron Man's arch nemesis Mandarin and Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, Guy
Pearce, Rebecca Hall, Dale Dickey, Ashley Hamilton, James Badge Dale
and Jon Favreau all co-star in the Marvel Studios production. Disney is
bringing Marvel's Iron Man 3 to theaters starting May 3rd this year.
- Death Metal Babies - Check out these kids
rocking out to some death metal! :-D
- Mercedes G 63 AMG 6x6 Video - check it out
- The Pain of Electricity (AC versus DC) - Have you
always wondered if you electrocuted yourself, which type of
electricity would hurt more: AC (Alternating Current) or DC (Direct
Current)? Wait no more!
- SURICATE - Sex in Video Games - LOL - check it out
(thanks Evilmind)
- 3 Best Booty Workouts - I do have to admit that the girl has
some great form!
- Hot Girls Doing Hot Things - check it out
- Blonde Bombshell in Micro Bikini - Check out one of the world's
sexiest models, Jessica Barton in this stunning photo shoot.
- The Girls Of NUTS In Lingerie - Nuts
Magazine released their lingerie special
and if you want to see Lucy Pinder, Holly Peers, Sophie Reade and many
more busting out in sexy outfits make sure to check it out.
- Karlie Kloss 4 Victoria's Secret - Karlie doing
her sexy thang in the sunshine of MIA
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