Archive for: May 30, 2008

Filed under: Transportation
Audi has already manged to work some LEDs into a few of its cars (concepts and otherwise), but the automaker has gone all out with its latest Audi R8, which employs LEDs for seemingly every lighting function. That includes the 24-LED running lamps the R8 had before, along…

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The timeshifting DVR patent that’s been at the core of TiVo’s closed-but-not-quite-closed lawsuit with DISH / EchoStar is being contested yet again by the very same company. Not substance just appealing to the Supreme Court regarding the Federal Circuit’s ruling against a rehearing for the final cas…

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Filed under: Robots
Sweet isn’t it? You can nearly assemble out the pitter-pattering of Keepon’s tiny servo heart as he gazes into HOAP-3’s hungry, yet soulless eyes. Robots, it’s what’s for breakfast.Thomas: “With your nose and my mouth, well, damnit.. you total me”Chris: “Don’t let them sign you a…

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Filed under: Gaming
The folks at Konami have been trolling the forums again, kids, and that duration they’re fighting back. Reps from the game-maker have issued a statement on the company forum addressing the furor by the inflated cost of the forthcoming, limited edition Metal Gear Solid 4 bundle. A…

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It struck us the other day as we were going by some back posts that since the launch of the ASUS Eee PC (and the many products that have followed, from the MSI Wind to the HP Mini-Note), to the best of our knowledge we’ve all yet to have any normalized, agreed-upon name for these kinds of device…

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Curious about gardening? Check out Folia, a social network for plant enthusiasts who want to share and memorize tips from the successes and failures of those around them.

Much like Ravelry, the social network for knitters, Folia’s claim to fame is that it lets you share and track your gardening w…

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Filed under: Cellphones, Handhelds
In a move of unsurprising proportions, StyleTap announced nowadays that it will be bringing its Palm OS emulator to the iPhone and iPod touch… officially. that basically means that every one of those precious Palm apps you couldn’t habitable without will now be e…

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Yahoo Messenger is a popular advertisement supported instant messaging client and associated protocol provided by Yahoo that allows you to see when friends come online and to send them instant messages It also can alert you to new e mail in your Yahoo Mail or Yahoo Personals accounts or when you have upcoming events recorded in your Yahoo Calendar Yahoo Messenger offers firewall support a standby mode that minimizes the program until an Internet connection is made the ability to save and print your conversations and a tabbed interface that provides quick access to your favorite stocks news and sports scores Yahoo also offers PC PC PC Phone and Phone to PC service file transfers webcam hosting text messaging service and chat rooms in various categories
Yahoo Messenger is provided free of charge and can be downloaded and used with a generic quot Yahoo ID quot which also allows access to other Yahoo services such as Yahoo Mail where users can be automatically notified when they receive new email
Other features include the ability to create a chat room automatically stock price alerts the ability to send messages to friends even if they 39 re not online when you are a Quick Compact mode that hides the Messenger tools to maximize your viewing area Messenger Themes and voice chat which allows you to talk for free to anybody else on the Internet It also includes Launchcast Radio Yahoo Games and Yahoo Audibles Using a Webcam you can see who you 39 re chatting with or view the Webcam of any Yahoo member who has granted you access
Yahoo has announced a partnership with Microsoft to join their instant messaging networks This would make Yahoo Messenger compatible with Microsoft 39 s NET Messenger Service It also made Microsoft ...

WinRAR is a 32 bit Windows version of RAR Archiver an archiver and archive manager RAR files can usually compress content by 8 percent to 15 percent more than ZIP files can WinRAR 39 s main features include strong general and multimedia compression the ability to process non RAR archive formats ZIP compression and decompression support for long filenames programmable self extracting archives SFX repair of damaged archives authenticity verification embedded file comments and encryption Unicode is supported in archive filenames allowing non English filenames to be handled painlessly You can manipulate the parameters of many archives at once and view a volume sequence as a single archive WinRAR can convert other archive formats to RAR and search for specified text and files in archives ChangeLogs of Version 3 80 beta 1

1 Added support for ZIP archives containing Unicode file names
in UTF 8 format When creating ZIP archive WinRAR stores
names in Unicode only if they cannot be stored correctly using
the current single byte character set

2 Added decompression support for WinZip AES encrypted ZIP archives

3 Improved Unicode support for RAR and ZIP archive names

4 quot Ask before overwrite quot and quot Skip existing files quot update modes
are now available in archiving dialog They allow to specify
WinRAR behavior when updating already existing files in archive
Unlike already available quot Fresh existing files only quot and
quot Add and update files quot these new modes ignore file date
and compare only file names

Command line equivalents of these modes are

a switch o enables quot Ask before overwrite quot archiving mode

b switch o enables quot Skip existing files quot archiving mode

c switch ...

WinRAR is a powerful archive manager It can backup your data and reduce size of email attachments decompress RAR ZIP and other files downloaded from Internet and create new archives in RAR and ZIP file format
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Features of WinRAR
Using WinRAR puts you ahead of the crowd when it comes to compression by consistently making smaller archives than the competition saving disk space and transmission costs
WinRAR provides complete support for RAR and ZIP archives and is able to unpack CAB ARJ LZH TAR GZ ACE UUE BZ2 JAR ISO 7Z Z archives
WinRAR offers a graphic interactive interface utilizing mouse and menus as well as the command line interface
WinRAR is easier to use than many other archivers with the inclusion of a special quot Wizard quot mode which allows instant access to the basic archiving functions through a simple question and answer procedure This avoids confusion in the early stages of use
WinRAR offers you the benefit of industry strength archive encryption using AES Advanced Encryption Standard with a key of 128 bits
WinRAR supports files and archives up to 8 589 billion gigabytes in size The number of archived files is for all practical purposes unlimited
WinRAR offers the ability to create selfextracting and multivolume archives
Recovery record and recovery volumes allow to reconstruct even physically damaged archives
WinRAR features are constantly being developed to keep WinRAR ahead of the pack
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Changes in Version 3 80 beta 1
1 Added support for ZIP archives containing Unicode file names in UTF 8 format When creating ZIP archive WinRAR stores names in Unicode only if they cannot be stored correctly using the current ...

With all that hubbub floating around about the elusive 3G iPhone, let us not forget about the latest touchscreen smartphone to land at AT&T: LG’s Vu. After getting official earlier that month, we were able to sit down with the Mobile TV-supporting handset and style a few opinions of our own….

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Cellphones, Gadgets

whether you’re anything like our boy Ryan, you’ve been wearing that Wii Fit out ever since you took delivery. Unfortunately, you’ve probably been doing a bit of unintentional jogging when logging miles back and forth to the local mini-mart for batteries. whether you can’t seem to keep your Wii B…

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Gadgets, Gaming