Archive for: November 7, 2007

November 7, 2007

AMD announces FireStream 9170, first committed stream processor

Filed under: Review - 07 Nov 2007

Filed under: Desktops
The true computing geeks in the house are about to need adult diapers: AMD’s launching a committed stream processor, the FireStream 9170, and an accompanying SDK nowadays, which will be available in Q108. Granted, that 55nm “world’s first Stream GPU with double-precision floati…

Mozilla FireFox v3.0 Beta1

Mozilla Firefox faster more secure easier to use and sporting a new look this latest Firefox release sets a new standard for web browser innovation Mozilla Firefox project formerly Firebird which was formerly Phoenix is a redesign of Mozilla 39 s browser component written using the XUL user interface language and designed to be cross platform It is small fast and easy to use and offers many advantages over other web browsers such as the tabbed browsing and the ability to block pop up windows

ESET Smart Security + NOD32 Antivirus v3.0.560.0 Final

NOD32 for Windows is the best choice for protection of your personal computer Almost 20 years of technological development enabled ESET to create state of the art antivirus system able to protect you from all sorts of Internet threats
ESET Smart Security is a new product designed to provide comprehensive protection against a variety of threats It features the following

bull The next version of ESET rsquo s anti malware engine with comprehensive protection against adware rootkits spyware Trojan horses viruses worms and other types of malicious software
bull A personal firewall with port stealthing and advanced filtering features
bull An antispam filter with Bayesian filtering whitelisting and blacklisting
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Changes It fixes the quot Outlook Express quot problem reported by many users that Outlook Express takes two or three executions to start nbsp
ESET Smart Security is based on three basic pillars
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middot This component is in fact an improved version of the award winning scanning engine of NOD32 Antivirus v2 7 With respect to program 39 s unprecedented scanning speed the following improvements have been made
middot Improved system of cleaning and deleting infiltrations The antivirus system now intelligently cleans and deletes infiltrations with no need for user interaction
middot Computer scan can be run in background in order to use only a part of system resources Thus scanning will not affect the
performance of your computer and you will be able to work on it as usual
middot The resident protection supports archive scanning
middot Update optimization smaller update package size than in version 2 7 more effective management and protection of update files against damage
middot Email ...

Robo-moth can’t flap, still likes flames

Filed under: Review - 07 Nov 2007

Filed under: Robots
We’re no strangers to the use and abuse of insects in the name of science, but we’ve gotta say that that robo-moth mech is the best example yet. Built by a few mad scientists by at the University of Arizona, robo-moth intercepts signals sent by the moth’s eyes to its teensy brain…

Take control of your online identity, with Wink

Filed under: Review - 07 Nov 2007

People search engine Wink, the less bubbly but increasingly filling competitor to Spock, is adding an interesting antilibel feature. Now, whether you search for yourself on Wink and find a outcome you don’t like, you can ask Wink to disregard it, and when other humans search for you they won’t see…

LTE / SAE Trial Initiative delivers trial results: it’s all good

Filed under: Review - 07 Nov 2007

Filed under: Cellphones, WirelessWe’ve already seen a number of ultra-high speed alternatives to LTE trialed and drooled over, so it’s about day that expanded Term Evolution had its 15 minutes, too. The LTE / SAE Trial Initiative, founded by a gaggle of companies including Nokia, has recently reveal…

SlySoft’s latest AnyDVD beta cracks BD+

Filed under: Review - 07 Nov 2007

Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentRegardless of what those oh-so-knowledgeable analysts had to say, we all knew that day was coming. Yep, that highly-touted, totally “impenetrable” copy protection technology known as BD+ has officially been brought to its knees, and it’s not at all surprising to …

Google overhauls Gmail under the hood

Filed under: Review - 07 Nov 2007


Google is making major structural cipher changes to Gmail and rolling them out slowly. The user interface changes are pretty subtle and you might not even notice them. But the cipher modifications likely presage increasingly meaningful design and function improvements to come.

To tell whether you…

Euphonia headphones feel at domestic in bathtubs, rainstorms

Filed under: Review - 07 Nov 2007

Filed under: Household, Portable Audio
We’re not precisely certain what makes the Euphonia headset better than all those other waterproof alternatives out there, but whether you’ve found yourself immediately hooked by the photo above, here’s the skinny. These wireless cans reportedly shun water like…

Mac OS X 10.5.1 seeded to developers

Filed under: Review - 07 Nov 2007

With the number of bugs that’ve already been reported for Leopard — most of which are fairly inherent in any .0 release, but are no less annoying — it doesn’t take much of a rumor-enthusiast to figure out that Apple is tough at work on a 10.5.1 update. The first fruit of that effort just hit A…

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Uniters, Not Dividers: Presidential Ringtones

Filed under: Review - 07 Nov 2007
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One of the most distinctive aspects of the 2008 presidential elections is that candidates are embracing technology like never before. The media battlefield that was once dominated by TV and the radio is now being fought equally hard on sites such as MySpace and YouTube. Of course, as we've pointed out before, the fact that a technology exists doesn't mean it's a good idea to harness that technology for your campaign. Sorry, Mitt.

The Obama campaign's decision to promote its candidate via ringtone is certainly one of the odder uses of technology we've seen thus far (it seems safe to assume that, as we get closer to go time, things are only going to get weirder).

However, campaign financing site Your Billion Dollar President thinks we should level the ringtone playing field. It has created downloadable ringtones for Bill Richardson, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Rudy Giuliani, Dennis Kucinich, and yes, Ron Paul, whose ringtone takes a cue from "Rawhide."

The site also has a "how to" for creating and submitting your own ringtones, should you have the perfect tune for the handfull of Duncan Hunter supporters.

Apple and Starbucks iTunes WiFi integration hands-on

Filed under: Review - 07 Nov 2007

Filed under: Portable Audio, Wireless
Remember how Apple and Starbucks announced their partnership to sell music to Apple customers through the eighty ‘Bucks locations per square city block? Well, the rollouts have begun, and as of nowadays iPhone, iPod touch, and iTunes users can roll into just abo…

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