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New 4k hard drive format to cause aging woes for Windows XP
by
Mike
Posted March 11th, 2010 at 8:42 am
Even though Windows 7 is the current go-to option for Windows OS's, may people for many reasons still rely on XP day in and day out to get their work done. Being the fact that XP itself is inching towards a decade old, at some point compatibility issues will arise. And speak of the devil, a new issue is in fact cropping up. It all has to do with hard drives and hard drive formats. It's really a pretty simple thing -- new hard drives have 4k sectors, old drives (pre-Windows XP era) have 512B....
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Marty Cooper, inventor of cellphone’s, goes through phones like underwear
by
Mike
Posted March 11th, 2010 at 7:34 am
With the complex nature of today's modern cellphones, sometimes it's hard to think back to a time when the idea of a "portable" phone was the underpinnings for a good joke. And then came along Mr. Marty Cooper. It is Mr. Cooper who officially holds the patent for the "first portable phone". So what phone does the father of cellphones use? Answer: depends. Even in his more mature age, Cooper admits to frequently switching cellphones and always have the latest on the market. Even more geeky...
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The perfect light for those late night bathroom trips/fridge raids: The 9V Light.
by
Dirk
Posted March 11th, 2010 at 7:08 am
Want a cool gadget that can help you out in a pinch, especially when the lights go dark? There are countless different designs and intensities for little flashlights. Yet none are as simple and easy to use as the "9V Light" created by Richard Lawson. Nothing more than a 9v battery and a simple plastic-ish box that contains the LED light connects straight to the battery. How much easier can it get? One other pretty cool feature is the tilting functionality. That is, when the light is tilted...
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6-core i7 980X gets flogged. Survey says: Fast, but underutilized for now…
by
Mike
Posted March 11th, 2010 at 6:47 am
Whenever you increase a particular computer part (such as a processor) with 50% more processing power, real world gains are sure to be evident. In the case of the i7 980X -- the new hotness -- do the two extra cores actually add any real benefit for that $1k pricetag? Two more prominent and thorough reviews by Benchmark Reviews and Anandtech reveal that while the 980X is faster, current software just isn't making the most of those 12 threads of fury, resulting in what I would call, slightly le...
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JooJoo’s new UI is simple, beautiful. Hardware still lacking…
by
Mike
Posted March 10th, 2010 at 9:22 pm
I won't deny one bit that 24 hours ago, my outlook on the JooJoo by Fusion Garage was this -- crap. From the meager hardware specs to god awful UI, it had failure written all over it. On top of it all, an untimely delay meant the whole plan of beating the iPad to market was lost. A delay is never a good thing. But Fusion Garage went back to the drawing board and at least made the best of what they had, turning this seemingly downtime filled delay into a workshop of sorts and bringing the UI ...
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“China resolution coming soon…” says Google’s Eric Schmidt.
by
Mike
Posted March 10th, 2010 at 1:55 pm
Google took the tech world by storm back in early January by stating (out of the blue I might add) that they were going to cease censoring search results in China and that if China pushed back, the California based company was going to pull out of China all together. Yet here we sit almost two months later and not much else has developed besides a few comments hurdled back and forth between the Chinese government and Google. To most, we've already written off Google's future in China as pretty...
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EU internet users (rest of the world?) regain some hope? EU Parliament votes 663 to 13…rejecting ACTA
by
Mike
Posted March 10th, 2010 at 12:45 pm
I don't normally go too deep into politics here because (1) this isn't a politics blog and (2)....I just don't like politics. Pretty good reasons eh? Regardless of your knack for politics however, if there's any ounce of interest in anything digital within your head, you should be at least a little interested/worried about ACTA (anti-counterfeiting trade agreement). The repercussions from such a law have truly wide ranging effects.
For those that don't, the main gist is that it's a bill ...
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iKat brings AR to the next level.
by
Mike
Posted March 10th, 2010 at 10:58 am
Last year, AR (augmented reality) was a huge splash in the tech world. The ability to lay over multiple layers of information on top of a real world video feed opened up countless doors for all kinds of services and applications. In the case of iKat (developed with Zentium’s D-Track software), the software overlays a cat on top of the video feed. It may seem pretty basic, but the number crunching required to actually pull it off and have it look decent is pretty involved. This use of AR is...
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Lost Boy lost forever *tears*
by
Jordan
Posted March 10th, 2010 at 9:59 am
Such a sad sad day today, the Los Angels coroner's office says actor Corey Haim is dead at age 38. He apparently died at 2:15 a.m. at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank California. An autopsy has not yet been done, and there are no offical details, but it is being speculated that he has died from a drug overdose. I hate to agree with these rumors, but we all know the struggles this amazing *heart throb* has had over the years. It is extremely sad to see him pass at such a young age....
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Is that a bird? Is that a Plane? No, it’s a nerd with a jetpack!
by
Jordan
Posted March 10th, 2010 at 9:08 am
All I really have to say is that I'll be hovering over the flat ugly land of Norther Indiana here soon! The Martin Jetpack was first unveiled back in July of 2008, with a few videos of the pack actually lifting someone off the ground. I remember hearing about this on some news outlet, never having a price or an idea of when it can be purchased. But don't you worry, as of today this beauty has a price tag and a possible release date. With a not so far out price of $86,000, and a release date of ...
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Smart roads to power the cars of tomorrow
by
Mike
Posted March 10th, 2010 at 9:05 am
We always hear of smart cars and smart buildings -- able to garner/create/give their own energy back to the system -- though one important piece of daily life isn't talked about as often. Roadways are obviously something we're not going to get away from anytime soon. Until we all start flying or levitating away, our feet or wheels are going to have to touch the ground at some point. Since we're spending so much time connected to this piece of earth, why not make it more efficient and useful? ...
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Nvidia GTX 470/480 strike a pose.
by
Mike
Posted March 10th, 2010 at 8:54 am
A beast of a processor and huge amount of RAM may make the typical office multi-tasker or video editing junky drool, but when it comes to games, it's all FPS. Whilst gaming, a screaming processor can certainly help, the real meat of it all are the graphics cards. The better you have, the better you game will look, and the faster it will run. Who doesn't want that?
The last six months or so have been in my eyes, in ATI's favor. Their 5xxx series cards are an awesome lineup of top notch har...
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Do you suffer from Mapathy?
by
Jordan
Posted March 10th, 2010 at 8:27 am
If so, please visit this website for a cure! Yup, that's right, those of you that are bored out of your mind with the same old maps for CoD: Modern Warfare 2 are going to have a fresh dose of landscape. Our "cure" is coming March 30th to Xbox Live, unfortunetaly the PS3 players are going to have to wait a while longer, which is fine with me, as I am on a 360 ;)
It isn't clear yet, how many maps will be released, but if it is in the fashion of past releases, I am hoping for at least 3. I know ...
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Did your iPhone just say “Hadouken?”
by
Jordan
Posted March 10th, 2010 at 7:45 am
Damn straight it did! This by far is going to be the greatest iPhone game release ever! Late last night, the game was released, though it took a while for Apple App Store servers to list it, but I can say, as of 5.30am EST this morning, the game is live and in full Chun-Li effect!
I'll admit, I do not like spending money on games I won't play that often, especially for the iPhone. I am forced to find other ways to test out the stuff before I buy it, but I will say, 100% that this game needs n...
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Man asks women to shut her yap during movie. Disgruntled women storms off. Then it gets all stabby…
by
Mike
Posted March 10th, 2010 at 7:31 am
One of my biggest pet peeves that I've acquired over the years is that of people yapping it up during a movie. I can't stand that crap. If you really need to talk, get out. Texting I'm ok with. A little lit up screen is at least avoidable. Regardless, asking someone to shut up is a perfectly normal practice here in the states. However, Steve Whitmore of Los Angeles will no doubt think twice about asking such things of people after his little encounter at a local movie theater. Steve foun...
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Sony Ericsson X10 to be graced by modern version of Android at some point…
by
Mike
Posted March 10th, 2010 at 6:51 am
For the sake of not rehashing on already beaten story topic, we'll just simply state that no one is cool with Android 1.5/1.6 still being the feature OS on new phones. With that off our chest, we can look past our curtains of hostility and cynicism to a brighter future if one SE spokesperson is correct. In conversation with Cnet ASIA, the SE spokesperson mentioned that the often talked about (though still MIA with no date of US arrival) Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 will in fact get some form of 2....
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