Archive for: May 20, 2008

May 20, 2008

The Sony VAIO VGC-LJ25L — not a laptop, not available in America

Filed under: Review - 20 May 2008

Filed under: Desktops
You’ve got to hand it to Sony for at least trying a new style every now and again. The VGC-LJ25L sports such an strange look that humans are mistaking it for a laptop, when in fact the system pictured above is another attempt at the all-in-one variety of PC. The system packs in…

DIY’er invents 56-inch multi-touch display

Filed under: Review - 20 May 2008

Filed under: Displays
It seems like the multi-touch revolution that’s happening right now is really bringing out the DIY’ers — and that latest feat of hackery is right up there with the best of them. Christopher Jette has created a massive, 56-inch multi-touch display in his spare day using a old r…

ESPN unveils The final isolated, is WiFi worth $300?

Filed under: Review - 20 May 2008

ESPN’s unleashing The final isolated, developed by tvCompass, total with 2.2-inch QVGA LCD screen and 802.11 b/g WiFi stuffed in a 6.5 oz package. It’s certainly a serious contender with the Harmony One — and priced like it, at $300. The marketing info claims no PC is due for setup, recharging …

Trillian Pro 3.1.10.0

Trillian trade is a fully featured stand alone skinnable chat client that supports AIM ICQ MSN Yahoo Messenger and IRC It provides capabilities not possible with original network clients while supporting standard features such as audio chat file transfers group chats chat rooms buddy icons multiple simultaneous connections to the same network server side contact importing typing notification direct connection AIM proxy support encrypted messaging AIM ICQ SMS support and privacy settings
Without stealing your home page and with no other included software pop ups or spyware Trillian provides unique functionality such as contact message history a powerful skinning language tabbed messaging global status changes set all networks away at once Instant Lookup automatic Wikipedia integration contact alerts an advanced automation system to trigger events based on anything happening in the client docking hundreds of emoticons emotisounds shell extensions for file transfers and systray notifications
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What s New for 3 1
Improved speed
Bug fixes
Biography AIM Profiles
Universal Plug and Play UPnP
On the fly link emoticons
Font face support in IMs
Undo in edit area
Orphaned contacts no more merging
Many IRC enhancements
Better Yahoo file transfers
Identities per section Biography Icons

Switched On: Green Plug tries to replace the concern warts (Part 2)

Filed under: Review - 20 May 2008

Each week Ross Rubin contributes Switched On, a column about technology, multimedia, and digital entertainment.

The last Switched On discussed GreenPlug, a startup that is trying to create a new standard for universal AC adapters. The environmental benefits GreenPlug offers are immense, l…

Realtek High-Definition Audio Driver 1.93

This driver supports all Realtek High Definition audio chipsets It is used as onboard sound on many motherboards Chips covered include ALC260 ALC262 ALC268 ALC662 ALC861 ALC861 VD GR ALC880 ALC882 ALC883 ALC885 ALC888 ALC888S ALC880T

Realtek High-Definition Audio Driver 1.93

This driver supports all Realtek High Definition audio chipsets It is used as onboard sound on many motherboards Chips covered include ALC260 ALC262 ALC268 ALC662 ALC861 ALC861 VD GR ALC880 ALC882 ALC883 ALC885 ALC888 ALC888S ALC880T

Microsoft: ‘Five Misunderstood Features in Windows Vista’

Filed under: Review - 20 May 2008

Vista has not precisely been a massive market success. Sales numbers might be satisfactory due to OEM agreements, but press and public reception have been terrible, and there are several recurring themes in the complaints from humans. Microsoft took five of these recurring themes, and addressed them…

OpenMoko Switches from GTK+ to Qt

Filed under: Review - 20 May 2008

OpenMoko, the project that composes not only a Linux operating system for phones but the hardware to run it as well, has announced some major changes to its software stack. Traditionally a Gtk+ endeavour, that is all going to change rather drastically.Original post by donotreply@osnews.com (Thom Hol…

Flip Minos coming on June 4?

Filed under: Review - 20 May 2008

humans certain do love them some Flip Video cameras, and it looks like the company is getting set to cash in on that popularity with a new model dubbed the Minos, which was recently spotted in a B&H catalog with a due period of June 4. It’s not clear what the Minos will offer by the existing…

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IE7pro 2.3 Final

IE7pro is an add on for IE 7 which adds lots of features and extras that make your IE easier more useful secure and customizable With IE7pro you may switch proxy set agent identification block ads and flash apply super drag drop refresh tab automatically recover session crash manage tab history view page information save image files quickly and more nbsp

Phlashing PDOS firmware attack could permanently disable hardware

Filed under: Review - 20 May 2008

You know all that network hardware that runs quietly 24 hours a day in server rooms around the world? What whether black-hats could exploit isolated firmware flashing utilities to take by — or totally destroy — vulnerable gear? Though still theoretical, PDOS — permanent denial-of-service — a…

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