Archive for: April 20, 2008

April 20, 2008

Sony’s PlayTV set for July release, UK pre-order now available

Filed under: Review - 20 Apr 2008

Filed under: Home Entertainment
For those of you lucky, lucky folks in Europe (or the UK, more specifically), it looks like your wait for the PlayTV rollout is coming to a shut. According to Amazon’s British wing, you can now pre-order the PlayStation 3 add-on for £59.99 ($120) with an expecte…

PC Mag on ABC’s “Miss Guided”

Filed under: Review, games_entertainment - 20 Apr 2008
ABC's Miss Guided

I finally watched the DVR'ed season finale of ABC's "Miss Guided" (starring the awesome Judy Greer, about a high-school guidance counselor and her misadventures with the students and faculty) the other day, when I happened to catch that the magazine principal Phil Huffy (played by Earl Billings) was reading was none other than PC Magazine. Of course, it wasn't that easy to spot, since our logo was covered. Still, I knew it looked familiar to me, and I realized that it was PC Mag's June 2007 issue, "Supercharge Your PC."

See, even principals are geeks!

Portable Google Reader beta v0.2.1 for iPhone

Filed under: Review - 20 Apr 2008

Not only can your Apple iPhone serve as your music player, note taker, or guitar tutor, it can additionally serve you the latest RSS and Atom feeds from your Google Reader. Developer 424f keeps you updated on-the-go with the homebrew application iPhone Google Reader beta version 0.2.1.iPhone Google…

Are OLPC XO keyboards having widespread problems?

Filed under: Review - 20 Apr 2008

Filed under: Laptops
The OLPC XO — it’s all rainbows, hugging, and laser beams of learning, right? possibly not, kind reader. Apparently, users of the the diminutive, educationally themed laptop are experiencing a rash of “stuck key” issues which are causing tons of headaches (and possibly some hea…

The Professor: Victorian heat sinks, new spacecraft, alien-language translators

Filed under: Review - 20 Apr 2008

The Professor is a new micro-feature wherein we roundup a handful of interesting and informative gadget-related science stories from the week and present them to you, the reader, in an easily digestible liquid anatomy.

Having trouble keeping your fingers, thumbs, or eyeballs on the pulse of c…

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ClamWin Free Antivirus 0.93

ClamWin is a Free Antivirus program for Microsoft Windows 98 Me 2000 XP 2003 and Vista
ClamWin Free Antivirus comes with an easy installer and open source code You may download and use it absolutely free of charge It features
High detection rates for viruses and spyware
Scanning Scheduler
Automatic downloads of regularly updated Virus Database
Standalone virus scanner and right click menu integration to Microsoft Windows Explorer
Addin to Microsoft Outlook to remove virus infected attachments automatically

The latest version of Clamwin Free Antivirus is 0 93

Please note that ClamWin Free Antivirus does not include an on access real time scanner You need to manually scan a file in order to detect a virus or spyware

Homebrew SNES emulator released for the Wii

Filed under: Review - 20 Apr 2008

Finally, Engadget editor Paul Miller’s prayers have been answered — in the scheme of a homebrew SNES emulator for the Wii. It’s no secret that Paul is eerily obsessed with the SNES, and now he can get access to all his favorites (import or otherwise) with another Wii tweak. A hacker named Rober…

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DVDFab Platinum 5.0.0.0 Beta

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
DVDFab is simply the easiest way to copy a DVD movie Just insert the movie and a blank DVD then press Start Your entire movie including menus trailers and special features is copied to a single DVD with just one click and everything happens automatically
Backup your entire DVD including menus trailers and special features onto one or multiple discs
Changes in DVDFab Platinum 5 0 0 0 Beta Apr 19 2008
New Brand new user interface more easy to use
New All in one installer for DVDFab Platinum Gold HD Decrypter User can try any one then decide which one to buy
New Added quot Customize Split quot mode to allow user to customize a DVD 9 onto two DVD 5 discs
New Titles are listed by playback order now if PathPlayer is enabled
New Created quot dvdid xml quot file when copying DVD so that Windows Media Center can retrieve cover art and movie info from internet automatically
New Added option quot Copy Original IFO Files quot in quot Clone quot mode
New Added option quot Move icon to system tray when minimized quot in quot Settings gt General quot
New Added option quot Check Now quot to check new version immediately in quot Settings gt General quot
New Added option quot Supported by Device quot and quot Zoomed by Source Aspect quot in quot Advanced Resolution Settings quot for quot DVD to Mobile quot
New Added option quot Send IFO Files quot in quot Settings gt Info quot by using new Report program No need to ...

HTC spy shot reveals handful of new phones

Filed under: Review - 20 Apr 2008

Filed under: Cellphones
Apparently, HTC is having a little trouble keeping folks with cameras out of its offices, as evidenced by that totally great spy shot of a what appears to be a bunch of (or two) new phones. We’re familiar with fairly of few of these devices, like the TyTn II, Touch Cruise, an…

Eee PC 900 gets dissected, looks about the same as the Eee PC 700

Filed under: Review - 20 Apr 2008

Filed under: Laptops
Oh, poor Eee PC 900. You haven’t even made it into most people’s hands, and already you’re getting dissected and inappropriately inspected. Honestly, we didn’t mean for that to rhyme. Regardless, the folks by at bit-tech have gone to all the hassle of cracking the little dude op…

The Cost of contemporary Software Development

Filed under: Review - 20 Apr 2008

Geek.com is running an opinion piece on the extensive reliance of programmers nowadays on languages like Java and .NET. The author lambastes the performance penalties that are associated with running cipher inside virtualised environments, like Java’s and .NET’s. “It increases the compute burden on …

A Preview of Kernel-Based Mode-Setting

Filed under: Review - 20 Apr 2008

Have you ever been annoyed by Linux’ lack of a coherent graphical boot process? Graphics hardware causing problems during sleep/wake cycles? Problematic virtual terminal switches? Kernel-based mode-setting, a new feature of Xorg still in heavy development aims to solve many of these problems by movi…

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