Archive for: January 21, 2008

The New York Times is reporting that HBO is launching its own online distribution service for a portion of its subject matter both past and present. Starting that week, lucky residents of Green Bay and Milwaukee, Wisconsin will be the first to get dibs on the new software application that can be set…

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Filed under: Digital Cameras
Basically just pre-PMA upgrades to existing models all around, Olympus just loosed nine new shooters. nearly all feature “HyperCrystal” or “HyperCrystal II” displays (not to be confused with hypercolor, dudes), facial recognition, OIS, high ISO modes, and a bunch of othe…

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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Sometimes Sony just confuses the hell out of us. It’s rare to ever see the electronics behemoth share a humble moment (did you see their self-aggrandizing CES press conference that year?), which is partly why it’s so strange that Sony’s SVP for Corporate Communications, Ri…

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Filed under: Laptops
Can’t wait for that MacBook Air to reach in two to three weeks? (Please let it be two.) Some folks by in Tokyo got a chance to unbox the thing from its official box, and slide it into a couple envelopes for dramatic effect. Looks like classic Apple packaging, and classic Apple h…

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Filed under: Cellphones
Unlike Brickhouse protection, we won’t go so far as to shout that thing “invisible,” but when placed in the ear, all but the most eagle-eyed among us are likely to miss it. The elaborately named Secret Service Invisible 2-Way Micro Headset comes with an easily hidden wireless…

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Just in case our long-running series of posts regarding the danger / safety of cellphone and WiFi radiation didn’t tip you off, an FDA-commissioned study was just published by the National Research Council of the National Academies of Science that basically says we’ve got a lot left to memorize …

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Filed under: Internet, News, Web services, VoIP, Social SoftwareAs of 12 AM PST, Pownce, the Twitter-esque social messaging tool created by Kevin Rose, Daniel Burka and Leah Culver, leaves private beta and becomes open to the public. Pownce became open to a limited group of users in June of 2007 and…

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There’s something kind of odd going on here that elevates that one beyond your garden variety KIRF, and into the corridor of fame of ill-advised fakery. What we have here is a pocket-sized scale, with a cover that makes it look precisely like an iPhone — until you look a bit closer and see that…

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AnyDVD is a driver which descrambles DVD Movies automatically in the background This DVD appears unprotected and region code free for all applications and the Windows operating system as well With AnyDVD 39 s help copy tools like CloneDVD Pinnacle Instant Copy InterVideo DVD Copy etc are able to copy CSS protected Movies You can remove the RPC region code thereby making the movie region free and viewable on any DVD player and with any DVD player software With the help of AnyDVD you can watch movies with non matching region codes with every DVD Player Software you like
AnyDVD is capable of removing unwanted movie features including subtitles and prohibition messages such as copyright and FBI warnings It also allows you to launch an external application whenever you insert or remove a disc or prevent 39 PC friendly 39 software from automatically launching when you insert a video DVD AnyDVD decrypts not just DVDs AnyDVD allows you also to play copy and rip protected Audio CDs

Decryption is not all that AnyDVD offers You can control the drive speed of your DVD drive allowing you to reduce the noise level when watching movies on your PC You can even adjust the display frequency of your monitor for both NTSC and PAL displays
Features of AnyDVD HD
Same features as regular AnyDVD
Removes encryption AACS from HD DVDs
watch movies over digital display connection without HDCP compliant graphics card and HDCP compliant display
playback of discs on the PC with PowerDVD Ultra which otherwise do not run
Removes user prohibitions you can select the language and subtitle track without going through the disc 39 s menu
Removes parental restrictions
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CloneDVD 2 copies movies in unparalleled picture quality If it 39 s only the main movie or a complete DVD ndash CloneDVD compresses even long footage in brilliant quality and at high speed A special transcoding technology compresses your choice of DVD titles according to your audio and language selection automatically to a freely adjustable target size Our unique Film Strip assistant will guide you step by step through all settings With the help of the Video Preview you select the desired DVD titles and decide if you want to trim individual chapters Quality bars show the direct influence of the title and language selection on the quality of the movie copy Even beginners always keep track
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Features of CloneDVD 2
Copies the main movie Special Features and or the original menu onto a DVD Recordable or onto your harddisk
Newly revamped transcoder Better picture quality also at high reduction rates footage of more than two hours
Impressive program speed also at high reduction rates
Video Preview shows an overview of all selectable DVD titles
You can include or exclude the original menu
Permanent quality control through quality bars during the title and language selection
Target size freely adjustable
Chapter trimming Splitting available
Very easy to use Our unique Film Strip assistant will guide you step by step through all settings very suitable for beginners
Preferences Memorizes the last settings that were made by the user and proposes it the next time the program starts
Layer Break Flag Removal possible
Picture snapshots while transcoding and remuxing
Realtime bitrate and frame statistics while transcoding
Logging window available
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It takes a lot to distinguish a given hoover cleaner in today’s high-tech world of Dysons and Roombas, so kudos to Samsung for attempting to appeal to the gaming crowd by designing a model shaped like a popular Xbox character. The Silencio SC9540 packs in all the high-end features you’d expect f…

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Gadgets, Gaming

It takes a lot to distinguish a given hoover cleaner in today’s high-tech world of Dysons and Roombas, so kudos to Samsung for attempting to appeal to the gaming crowd by designing a model shaped like a popular Xbox character. The Silencio SC9540 packs in all the high-end features you’d expect f…

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