Archive for: June 6, 2008
June 6, 2008
That deal AT&T whipped out of their hats to take by T-Mobile’s position as sole provider of WiFi at Starbucks? Turns out T-Mo is pissed about how the transition has gone down, and has filed suit against the buxx alleging collusion with AT&T, despite their supposedly exclusive agreement. …
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Gadgets, Wireless
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iPray version 1.17 now allows Islamic iPhone and iPod Touch users to know precisely where to face and when for their scheduled prayer times absent from domestic. Guided Ways added options to add consecutive reminders before the Athan prayers. The new feature from version 1.14 and above can per…
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Apple, iPhone, iPod
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From community STE Packaging, we invent out that homebrew developer Ste has uploaded updates to three homebrew applications developed for the Apple iPhone. aMaze!, Shaun T. Erickson’s little contribution to iPhone gaming, is now at version 1.2.1 and boasts a collection of precisely 100 crafty …
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Apple
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It’s easy to take for granted the 3G iPhone’s launch at that point. After all, Steve said it was “coming later that year,” as did a number of prominent mobile executives. And next there’s been the barrage of carrier announcements, many in worldly markets that use UMTS and have zero support for t…
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Apple, Cellphones, Gadgets
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Those who will probably cover one of the most trickiest topics in the realm of Chemistry, the Periodic Table, would be thankful for that homebrewed Periodic Table application for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch.
Created by BigBoss, the Periodic Table for the Apple touchscreen handhelds pretty m…
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Apple, iPhone
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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
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Changes in DVDFab 5 0 3 0 June 6 2008
New Updated H 264 codec to improve encoding speed DVDFab Mobile Option
New Updated language files
Fix PathPlayer doesn 39 t work on Semi Pro US and Vince Vaughn 39 s Wild West Comedy Show US
Note both DVDs need PathPlayer enabled to remove copy protection Fix A crash problem at DVDFab startup in certain cases
Fix A crash problem when opening DVD in certain cases
Fix Two crash problems when using H 264 2 pass encoding in certain cases DVDFab Mobile Option
Fix A V sync problem when using 2 pass encoding for certain DVDs like Zathura National Treasure 2 DVDFab Mobile Option
Fix Several minor problems
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DivX package for Windows includes utilities and documentation that you need to play DivX files the DivX Pro Codec DivX Player DivX Web Player and the DivX Converter providing all you need to create play manage and burn DivX videos The most advanced version of DivX reg video compression technology the DivX codec includes a suite of powerful encoding tools enabling the highest levels of visual quality compression and control DivX Pro plugs into your video software to produce high quality movies at one tenth the size of a DVD for viewing on your PC or with DivX reg Certified DVD players right on your TV DivX for Windows is the DivX Codec an advanced digital video codec coder decoder that plugs into popular video software applications This codec can reduce an MPEG 2 video DVD format to ten percent of its original size DivX is a digital video compression technology based on the ISO MPEG 4 standard When used in combination with your existing video software DivX Pro allows you to create and play high quality DivX videos and provides playback support for interactive video menus subtitles alternate audio tracks and more DivX technology can compress digital videos 5 to 10 times more than the MPEG 2 DVD format and hundreds of times over raw digital video The DivX Converter will allow users to easily convert videos to DivX in one easy step Simply drag videos onto the DivX Converter and click 39 convert 39 Videos created with the DivX Converter will play back on millions of certified devices The DivX Player lets you play all DivX videos This includes every version of DivX video even purchased or rented DivX movies DivX HD files and videos created with advanced features such as menus subtitles and ...
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The next time you see a sign while driving alerting you to road work in 500 yards, you don't have to wonder exactly whether or not the work is at the top of the next hill or at the bottom of the next hill, you can just know that 500 yards is roughly 4 and a half soccer pitches. When you're shopping for an apartment and you read an online ad that says the unit is 800 square feet, you can know that's about 5 and a half parking spaces long. Thanks to SensibleUnits.com, you can find out whether that extra parking space is within your price range.
Admittedly, it's not easy when someone says that their house is "on a 2 acre plot" to really get a feel for what that means. I think everyone knows what mean by their house is nice, but SensibleUnits.com can tell us that 2 acres is enough space for one and a half football fields, or four and a half ice hockey rinks. The service converts all major units of length, area, and mass into other units that are bit easier to visualize.
The beauty of a site like SensibleUnits.com is that its far more empowering than it might immediately appear. It's certainly a handy resource to have in your bookmarks list when someone on the news rattles off an incredulous figure that you may not grasp, but it's also a method to make those figures less daunting and easier to wrap your mind around. With time, you'll listen to a story ...
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The next time you add a friend on Facebook, he or she may in fact not be a person. Meet Albert, a 20-year-old male chimpanzee, who was the first ape to join the social network. He paved the way for three other chimps to follow, including Mr. Jones, Sheena, and Britney.
Now you are probably thinking the same thing I was when hearing about this story: Chimps don't know how to use computers, do they? According to scientists from The University of Northern Oregon, we're wrong. They do. These scientists have spent the last two years training Albert and his fellow primates, all members of the Pan troglodytes species, to learn online language skills in the Cyber Chimps Project.
Through this project, the four chimps can now communicate with more than a thousand symbols on Facebook. They can add friends, write text messages and even change their profile pictures. This is all possible through software designed specifically for the primates, which recognizes sign language and incorporates a touch screen.
"Although sociologists and anthropologists have used social networks as empirical research tools, Facebook will now provide a new platform for biologists to observe the chimpanzees' social skills," says Dr. John F. Marlowe, chief researcher of the study.
Marlowe says that the study shows that chimpanzees and humans both use the same area of the brain for both verbal and non-verbal communication. He also says that the study proves that chimps have a brain designed for language, which allows them to communicate with symbols.
As Facebook continues to grow as the largest social network with over 40 million profiles to date, Albert and his friends may start ...
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Amazon.com was taken down by a distributed denial-of-service attack that struck the Web site's load-balancing system, according to a rumor that's begun circulating among security professionals.
According to a security professional who said he'd been in contact with one of Amazon's business-continuity executives, the DDoS attack bypassed AWS services like Amazon's S3, striking directly at the heart of Amazon's business. It's unclear how Amazon fought off the attack, which struck roughly at 10:20 AM, according to reports.
According to the rumor, the load balancing fleet at Amazon is supposedly rated to handle a 'Black Friday" or "Cyber Tuesday" load, or the peak traffic the company should expect all year. The security professional suspected that Amazon had increased that traffic estimated by about 20 percent versus last year, meaning that the massive amount of connections had to be made to bring the site completely offline. Amazon.co.uk remained online.
Supposedly some ISPs are suffering slower service thanks to the botnet attack, but which are unknown at the moment.
Eight years ago a DDoS attack took down Amazon.com, as well as Buy.com and some others.
Incidentally, an outside representative for Amazon said that she doubts that the company will comment at the moment.
    
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YouTube has been used for political rants, comedy, animation, how-to, and so much more. Over time, users have been uploading videos to report events and sharing different perspectives from stories that we do not see on mainstream television. Today, Youtube announced on its blog a new channel type specifically for citizen journalists. It joins the site's existing Director, Musician, Comedy, Guru and Non-Profit channels.
The blog says that the channel is for
• People who tote around their cameras offering "on-the-scene" coverage of local news and events.
• Students producing their own weekly newscasts.
• Active community members who conduct interviews with local leaders.
• Engaged citizens who love providing commentary and analysis on important issues affecting the world at large.
• Professional journalists using YouTube as an additional outlet for their work.
If I were a local, free, newspaper I'd be strongly looking into investing in a company YouTube account and arming my multimedia team with video cameras.
[Via Mashable]
    
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