Archive for: August 20, 2007

August 20, 2007

HP and iPhone could be printing’s saving grace

Filed under: Review - 20 Aug 2007

As increasingly and increasingly businesses across the globe switch to paperless environments and move their info from tough copies to the web, fears that printing may soon become trivial have risen. Hewlett-Packard, however, says it can adapt to the changing times.The printer giant has introduced a…

HP MediaSmart servers get priced?

Filed under: Review - 20 Aug 2007

Filed under: Home Entertainment, Media PCs
Not a lot to go on here, but it looks like a couple sites leaked tentative pricing knowledge for HP’s first Windows domestic Server machine, the MediaSmart domestic Server. OnSale.com, PC Mall and Best Buy all listed the 1TB EX475 at $749, while the 500GB E…

Poll: still reading Fake Steve?

Filed under: Review - 20 Aug 2007

Filed under: Misc. GadgetsSince the Times unmasked the fake Valley’s most notorious fake rockstar CEO, many thought that without the mystery, interest in FSJ would fizzle. Not unlike a really good, impossible magic trick handed by to Penn and Teller. So, are you still reading?View Poll Permalin…

Has Building B created an Web video “God box”?

Filed under: Review - 20 Aug 2007

Without getting overly dramatic, word on the street is that Building B, a new-fangled startup based in Belmont, California, has developed an Net video “God box” which will allow OTA streams of traditional cable, World Wide Web video, and on-demand substance without the need for a PC (i.e., direc…

Photosynth updates its NASA pics with shuttle belly

Filed under: Review - 20 Aug 2007

If you enjoyed the first round of Photosynth’d pictures of NASA shuttle Endeavor, you’ll probably enjoy these. Taken in space by the crew of the worldly Space Station, the newly uploaded shots show off the underside of th…

DVDFab Platinum 3.1.7.0 Final

DVDFab Platinum is all you need to backup DVDs DVDFab Platinum 3 is brand new is completely rewritten is based on 5 years of DVD copy software development
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Backup your entire DVD including menus trailers and special features onto one or multiple discs
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Changes in DVDFab Platinum 3 1 7 0 August 20th 2007
New Added support for a new ARccOS protection as found on quot Half Past Dead 2 quot R4
New Added support for a new CORE X2 protection
New Verify disc to make sure it 39 s burned correctly
New Added option quot Verify disc after finished burning quot in quot Settings gt DVD gt Write quot
New Added AutoPlay handler on Windows Vista
New Added display for actual DVD size like quot Quality 56 7655 MB gt 4300 MB quot
New Added support for DVD image file quot img quot and quot nrg quot
New Updated language files
Fix quot Error while reading quot in certain cases
Fix Workaround for authoring error as found on quot The World Is Not Enough quot US
Fix A crash problem in certain cases
Fix Several minor problems

Faking one’s death still not suitable to escape Verizon contract

Filed under: Review - 20 Aug 2007

It’s no secret that some wily individuals will look high and low for loopholes to escape a wireless contract, but staging your own death in order to bypass a $175 early termination fee is admittedly extreme. Nevertheless, a frustrated and determined Verizon customer decided to do just that after…

Toshiba unveils Satellite U300 lineup

Filed under: Review - 20 Aug 2007

On the heels of the U305 announcement, Toshiba has quietly upped a pair of U300 machines to its website. The Satellite U300 and Satellite Pro U300 don’t differ too awfully much, but the two do sport differing color schemes and reach with varying levels of RAM, tough drive space, and battery capa…

Will Xbox 360 Core become Xbox 360 Arcade on August 24th?

Filed under: Review - 20 Aug 2007

It appears the Xbox 360 rumor mill is hard-partying once again, that instance by the fairly sketchy knowledge that in addition to the European price cut we mentioned earlier, the game system may be receiving a “changing of the guard” on the SKU front, with the dismissal of the Core system, and t…

Nokia N95 with American 3G gets FCC’d!

Filed under: Review - 20 Aug 2007

We’re speechless. In fact, we think we might cry — but rest assured, they’re tears of delight. Rumors of a Nokia N95 packing American HSDPA have been spreading like wildfire as of late, and we’re ecstatic to see that they were totally true. Though that sucker gets down with the 850 and 1900MHz …

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Will You Attend The BlogWorld Expo

Filed under: Review, business_software, blogs_rss - 20 Aug 2007

Are you going to attend the first BlogWorld Expo. The grand event will be a huge gathering for both new and established bloggers and provide an excellent learning platform for everyone in between. The following press release explains everything you will see, hear about and need to know as it pertains to the BlogWorld Expo.

First BlogWorld & New Media Expo to be World’s Largest Gathering of Bloggers

Thousands of bloggers, vloggers and podcasters are set to descend on Las Vegas for BlogWorld & New Media Expo, the world’s first, industry-wide blogging tradeshow. The inaugural event, to be held at the Las Vegas Convention Center Thursday - Friday, Nov. 8 - 9, 2007, with pre-show seminars Wednesday, Nov. 7, will bring together professional to citizen journalists, entertainment icons, industry pundits, and popular social communities, as well as internet radio and TV producers and podcasters in the most important assembly of future new media moguls. Registration is now open.

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Designed to help experienced content creators and newbie’s alike, BlogWorld & New Media Expo will feature more than 60 seminars, panel discussions and keynotes. The Expo promises sessions on blogging basics, podcasting, video blogging, monetization strategies, increasing readership and blog site “stickiness,” use of RSS (really simple syndication), search engine optimization, blogging in the political arena, and other topics of interest to veteran and first-time bloggers.

The conference will host several major blogging communities, including business, technology, politics, sports, lifestyle and pop-culture, milbloggers, mommy bloggers and godbloggers.

Exhibitors will include blog publishing software, advertising ...

Quick Tip of the Week: From PowerPoint to Keynote ’08

Filed under: Review - 20 Aug 2007

It’s easy to breathe new life into your PowerPoint presentations. Simply open them in Keynote ’08 and take advantage of its superior transitions, text animations, and advanced effects. How easy is it to open a PowerPoint presentation in Keynote? You’ll see in the latest Quick Tip of the Week. …

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