Archive for: May 7, 2008

Filed under: HDTV, Home EntertainmentThe Criterion Collection’s long-awaited HD debut — delayed by that annoying format war — finally has a moment, as well as a list of the first movies getting a definitive release in 1080p. whether that wasn’t adequate, try that bit on for size: They won’t charge…

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Gadgets

Filed under: Displays, HDTV, Home Entertainment
Interestingly abundant, the final duration we heard the phrase “High Bright,” Runco was showcasing a prototype set meant to work and play in the great outdoors. Now, however, Samsung’s looking to one-up that endeavor by actually shipping a High Bright…

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Gadgets

Filed under: Portable Audio, Portable Video
Microsoft’s recently refurbished Zune store features a lot of NBC content like Heroes and The Office, but it looks like it may have come at what could be a steep price: NBC recently told the New York Times that it’s working with Microsoft to develop “copyr…

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Gadgets

There's a lot of talk about Firefox and Internet Explorer, but there's more than two options if you're looking for richly featured Web browsers. Opera users adore their browser of choice, and have a thriving community built around it. Unfortunately, if you want to back up your Opera browser settings, cookies, and profile information, you don't have a ton of options.

Now, thanks to one Opera fan and developer, there's OperaFly, a utility that will back up all of your Opera settings.

The beauty of OperaFly is that it can back up your data to your data on a regular basis or on command. You have complete control over what information is backed up, so you can choose to back up your bookmarks and site preferences, but not your cookies or browsing history. Additionally, OperaFly can both back up and restore settings from backups, so if you're moving from computer to computer, OperaFly can handle transitioning all of your Opera settings easily.

When you open OperaFly, the utility first goes looking for your Opera install folder, and then allows you to choose what items are included in the backup file. You select what parts of your Opera profile you want to keep and which you don't want to include in the backup, and then choose the destination location for the backup files. Once all of the settings are complete, you can either schedule the backups to take place automatically or start the backup immediately.

The most recent version of OperaFly can back up your Opera settings automatically every time you close Opera, so any new bookmarks, passwords, or cookies ...

Our experiences with Microsoft’s Sync in Ford cars has been mostly a comedy of voice-recognition errors (we’ll never forget our rental at CES blasting NWA in response to “Play artist: David Bowie”), but it looks like other automakers will be able to join in the confusing fun in November, when Mi…

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Portable Audio, Portable Video, Transporation

BitComet is a p2p file sharing freeware fully compatible with Bittorrent which is one of the most popular p2p protocol designed for high speed distribution of 100MB or GB sized files BitComet is a powerful clean fast and easy to use bittorrent client It supports simultaneous downloads download queue selected downloads in torrent package fast resume chatting disk cache speed limits port mapping proxy ip filter etc

Main Features
Clean and free without any adware or spyware
Completely new core written in C stable and fast very low CPU usage
Multiple simultaneous downloads ability to select download files in one torrent and set file priority
Ability to limit the upload speed as well as download speed
Intelligent Connection Optimize Auto Optimization for different connections runs well using all default settings
Intelligent Rate Control optimize the upload distribution in order to get the max download rate
Intelligent Disk Cache decrease the potential damage to the hard disk when high speed downloading gt 500KB s by decrease the read write frequency extra memory usage is the cost
Intelligent Disk Allocating no long time disk allocation also decrease the disk fragment to almost zero
Intelligent Hash Scan no time consuming scanning when seeding resume
Firewall and NAT Traversal users behind differect NAT can now connect to each other
And much more

Messenger Plus is the most popular add on for Windows MSN Messenger which started as a small add on for enthusiasts and is now used by millions
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Messenger Plus Live 4 60 324 19 03 2008
You can now filter yourself out from event logging
Mobile Device chat windows are now fully supported by Messenger Plus
Features like Quick Texts commands smart tags and previous message recall are now accessible the same way as they are in normal chat windows
Logging is fully functional
Mobile chat windows are now tabbed too If you prefer keeping your mobile chats separated from one another you can use the new TabMobileChatWnds registry setting
If too many Plus notification popups try to be displayed on screen Messenger Plus queues the extra windows to be displayed later when possible so that notifications aren 39 t displayed out of screen
WMA sounds can now be selected for event notifications
Fixed some animated GIF display pics Messenger 9 display improperly in the Contact Information windows
Fixed font does not work in Messenger 9 Beta
Fixed some of Messenger Plus 39 s own resources are loaded before the currently enabled skin preventing them to be modified
Fixed a couple of bugs that could cause Messenger to crash in some specific occasions More stability always a good thing
Fixed external libraries distributed with scripts that need registration on import OLE or NET fail to register in Windows Vista with UAC on Messenger Plus also makes absolutely sure now that the libraries are properly registered before trying to start the script for the first time
Fixed notification popups from Messenger Plus may steal the focus
Fixed notification windows from Messenger Plus don ...

NVIDIA isn’t joking around when it says it’s after a dominant position in the consumer tech industry, and it’s apparently willing to take some aggressive steps to get there — like totally revamping its product lines. Speaking to Gamesindustry.biz, NVIDIA veep Roy Taylor (the same guy who said I…

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Desktops, Gaming, Laptops

Not certain whether we missed the memo, but apparently May 7th is the unofficial day of camouflaged technology. Shortly after Mobiado revealed a rugged Camo handset for the well-to-do hunters of the world, along comes Iomega with a jungle-ready portable HDD. The $149.95 eGo Camo Drive is entirel…

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Storage

For those that need to be in the know about the very latest supposedly-leaked 3G iPhone shots that hit the web that week, we’ve got you covered — but we’re not convinced, particularly of the device on the right. The shots on the left do at least seem to be crafted around those supposed size and…

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Cellphones

F Secure reg Internet Security 2008 provides a complete and easy to use protection against all Internet threats whether they are known or previously unidentified It includes an award winning antivirus an easy to use personal firewall antispyware and F Secure DeepGuard trade technology that constantly monitors the very heart of your computer ensuring that no malicious programs can take over your computer even if you do not have all the latest updates In addition the product filters unwanted spam and so called phishing attempts from your e mail and with the parental control you can block access to websites with questionable content In addition to computer viruses there is now a new breed of threats on the Internet such as carefully planned targeted attacks that can pass through conventional security solutions unnoticed possibly taking over your computer for illegal purposes For this reason it is essential to protect your computer not only against computer viruses and worms but also against any suspicious activity that might be a sign of danger in your computer
The modern internet security solution has to provide a full protection against all the traditional threats but it also has to offer deep protection monitoring the very heart of the computer at all times anticipating everything that might be a sign of danger in the computer and preventing any such activity preferably without the need for user intervention

ConvertXtoDVD formerly DivXtoDVD is a software to convert and burn your videos to DVD With ConvertXtoDVD and in a few clicks you can backup your movies to DVD playable on any home DVD player
ConvertXtoDVD supports most popular format such Xvid MOV VOB Mpeg Mpeg4 MP4 AVI WMV DV and stream formats It converts your files into a compliant DVD Video set of files and burns it on a DVD media
The aspect ratio can be automatically selected or forced to a specific format The program works for NTSC and PAL video formats and creates chapters automatically Multiple audio tracks are supported Version 2 uses a completely rewritten interface with subtitles support and a lot of new settings nbsp
Changes in ConvertXtoDVD 3 0 0 12 Released the 6th of May 2008

RW overwrite dialog first draft implemented for review purpose
old cpu support in the default encoder engine
some new mkvs and ts files supported