Archive for: January 18, 2008

January 18, 2008

Movie Gadget Friday and Blade Runner return!

Filed under: Review - 18 Jan 2008

Filed under: Features, Misc. GadgetsAriel Waldman contributes film Gadget Friday, where she highlights the lovable and lame gadgets from the world of cinema. To warmly welcome back an old Engadget classic, Movie Gadget Friday, we figured it might plus be best to take a moment look at a staff favorit…

Bluepod Media brings Bluetooth to football stadiums

Filed under: Review - 18 Jan 2008

Simmer down, NFL fans — we’re talking real football here, so we’d recommend hoping a flight to Europe whether you’re interested in taking advantage of that. Reportedly, Bluepod Media has inked exclusive BT marketing rights with a bevy of Premiership football clubs including Blackburn Rovers, Bi…

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FreeBSD 6.3 Final

FreeBSD offers advanced networking performance security and compatibility features today which are still missing in other operating systems even some of the best commercial ones
The quality of FreeBSD combined with today 39 s low cost high speed PC hardware makes FreeBSD a very economical alternative to commercial UNIX workstations It is well suited for a great number of both desktop and server applications

Daemon Tools 4.12 With SPTD 1.55

Daemon Tools is an advanced application for multiprotection emulation It is further development of Generic Safedisc emulator and incorporates all its features Changes in Daemon Tools 4 12 SPTD 1 55
Added new languages
Some GUI features for DT Panel
Automount option behaviour
bull Bugs fixed
Some minor GUI bugs
Setup bugs

µTorrent 1.8 Alpha 7895

micro Torrent is an efficient and feature rich BitTorrent client for Windows sporting a very small footprint It was designed to use as little cpu memory and space as possible while offering all the functionality expected from advanced clients

Sony Sound Forge 9.0d

Sound Forge software is the tool of choice for media professionals who want to create and edit digital audio files with absolute speed and precision Acclaimed for its power stability and no nonsense interface it 39 s the fastest way to get from raw audio to finished master Sound Forge software is everything you need to analyze record and edit audio produce music loops digitize and clean up old recordings model acoustic environments create streaming media and master replication ready CDs

How would you change Everex’s $199 gPC?

Filed under: Review - 18 Jan 2008

Although it was (and still is, really) astoundingly easy to simply point the finger and laugh at Everex’s totally unsightly, totally underwhelming TC2502 gPC just months ago, it appears that that thing may actually have a chance at gaining a wee (keyword: wee) amount of steam in the desktop mark…

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Bug Labs announces WiFi-free Hiro P BUGbase

Filed under: Review - 18 Jan 2008

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Looks like Bug Labs is fixing to release its BUGbase in more than one version due to obvious issues related to solid, regular open source WiFi chipsets and drivers. Picking up the Hiro P Edition monicker (let’s hope it doesn’t snow crash), that revised first BUGbase will s…

Toonlet: yet another (good) comedian strip builder

Filed under: Review - 18 Jan 2008

I really enjoy Web-based comedian strip tools. I once had ambitions to be a comedian illustrator, although I lost interest about the same moment I discovered video games. I still enjoy a good doodle here and there, which is where sites like Toonlet can offer a great deal of fun for the creatively in…

Trolltech’s Qt To Be Licensed Under GPLv3

Filed under: Review - 18 Jan 2008

Breaking from the KDE 4.0 release event right now is word that Trolltech will be releasing Qt under the GPLv3 license. An official announcement will be made by Trolltech regarding that GPLv2 to GPLv3 license update on Monday, January 21, 2008. Additionally, KDE 4.1 is now planned for a July 2008 rel…

Paul van Dyk: Digital Spin

Filed under: Review - 18 Jan 2008

DJ cum habitable music producer, Paul van Dyk weaves his own music on stage in real-time on a pair of 17-inch MacBook Pro computers running Logic Studio and Ableton habitable. “Ever since I basically began making music, I’ve worked with Macs,” he says. “They’re in the studio as well as on …

Vista successor rumored to be on track for 2009 release

Filed under: Review - 18 Jan 2008

Rumors of Microsoft’s successor to Vista have been cropping up virtually since day one, and whether that latest one is to be believed, it looks like one of the earliest may have been right on target after all. According to TG Daily, “several industry sources” are now saying that the a very early…

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