Archive for: June 14, 2008

June 14, 2008

Sony Ericsson leaks galore include F305 motion gaming phone

Filed under: Review - 14 Jun 2008

Filed under: Cellphones, Gaming, Peripherals
Sony Ericsson is having a bit of trouble keeping its newest lineup on the down low, but we suppose that’s the price of fame. Most notable of the new crew is the F305 (pictured), which isn’t precisely feature-packed, boasting of mere EDGE speeds, a Memory …

Kaspersky Rescue Disk 20080611

A safe way to remove viruses from a computer without the risk of getting infected
Boot from the Kaspersky Rescue Disk to scan and remove threats from an infected computer without the risk of infecting other files or computers
Burn this ISO image to a CD insert it into the infected system 39 s CD ROM drive enter the PC 39 s BIOS set it to boot from the CD and reboot the computer
This lists the Gentoo specific options along with a few options that are built in to the kernel but that have been proven very useful to our users
Also all options that start with quot do quot have a quot no quot inverse that does the opposite For example quot doscsi quot enables SCSI support in the initial ramdisk boot while quot noscsi quot disables it

X2Wii hack sends NES, SNES and N64 button mashing to your Wii’s GameCube port

Filed under: Review - 14 Jun 2008

Not willing to lay out the cash due to sneak the official Super Famicom Wii controller into the States? Don’t feel like going through the insanity of making your own wireless NES and SNES controllers for the Wii? Raphaël’s epic X2Wii project might just be your ticket to Virtual Console bliss. H…

First-person RC car to revolutionize sibling rivalries

Filed under: Review - 14 Jun 2008

that certainly isn’t the first instance anyone has mounted a video camera to an RC car and taken it for a spin, but the new system from Fat Shark to do so is certainly the most comprehensive yet. A set of wireless VR goggles supply the display, and there’s a built-in accelerometer in the goggles to …

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Nokia PC Suite 7.0 Release 4 Beta

Nokia PC Suite is a package of Windows based PC applications developed especially for use with Nokia phones Depending on your phone model Nokia PC Suite lets you edit synchronize and back up many of your phone 39 s files on a compatible PC through a cable or wireless connection
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Key features
middot Automatic secure data information pictures and music transfer from phone to phone or phone to PC
middot Fast easy connection to the Internet
middot Connect wirelessly or via cable
middot Connect by using your phone as a modem
middot Manage messages contacts images and music
middot Synchronize your phone and PC calendars
middot Install Java trade based applications in your phone
middot Convert ringing tone formats
middot Play multimedia messages and videos
middot Send text messages from the PC
middot Back up and restore phone files
middot Over 30 languages

Opera USB 9.50 Build 10063

The most full featured Internet power tool on the market Opera includes tabbed browsing pop up blocking integrated searches and advanced functions like Opera 39 s groundbreaking e mail program RSS Newsfeeds and IRC chat And because we know that our users have different needs you can customize the look and content of your Opera browser with a few clicks of the mouse
You want to use all Opera features mobile no problem
middot there are no unwanted effects on IE or other browsers
middot existing opera versions are also not affected
middot make no entries to the registry
middot leave no data on the guestcomputer

Key features
middot Speed Dial
Now you have a new way to access your favorite Web sites Just open a new tab to get your Speed Dial It 39 s easy to populate and addictive to use
middot Fraud protection
Opera 39 s advanced fraud protection protects you against web sites that try to steal your personal information Watch the demo to learn how to enable this feature
middot BitTorrent
You don 39 t need a separate BitTorrent application to download large files Simply click a torrent link and start the download
middot Add your favorite search engines
Right click on the site 39 s search field and select quot Create search quot from the menu
middot Site preferences
Want to view a site in a different way or deny certain cookies Want to block pop ups on certain sites only Right click and select quot Edit site preferences quot
middot Widgets
Small Web applications multimedia newsfeeds games and more that make your desktop experience more fun Use the Widgets menu to discover new widgets ...

Origami Experience 2.0 finally coming to a UMPC approach you

Filed under: Review - 14 Jun 2008

Microsoft pushed out its Origami Experience 2.0 to OEMs in January, but the purtied up interface for Vista-based UMPCs is finally available to all in the design of a free download. It’s mainly meant to put a touch-happy skin on top of many existing Vista features, and includes Picture Password, …

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NVIDIA and friends working on alternate USB 3.0 spec, SiS joins in, Intel uninvited from everybody’s birthday parties

Filed under: Review - 14 Jun 2008

Filed under: PeripheralsRemember middle school? These guys do. NVIDIA, AMD, VIA and now SiS (only two capital letters? Not trying tough enough) have all teamed up in a fight against Intel of truly pubescent proportions. Intel has denied accusations of hiding the USB 3.0 spec, since it’s not their sp…

PSP L2 and R2 button mod ain’t pretty, gets the job done

Filed under: Review - 14 Jun 2008

Filed under: Gaming, Handhelds
It seems a bit of a crime against the PSP’s aesthetics, but apparently some folks out there really, really want to do PS1 emulation right. Acid Modder “Electro” managed to finagle L2 and R2 buttons onto his PSP. He rates his hack a 4 out of 5 difficulty level, which ba…

Virtual CloneDrive 5.3.1.2 Final

Virtual CloneDrive works and behaves just like a physical CD DVD drive however it exists only virtually Image files generated with CloneDVD or CloneCD can be mounted onto a virtual drive from your hard disk or from a network drive and used in the same manner as inserting them into a normal CD DVD drive Probably the best virtual drive software Virtual CloneDrive allows you to enjoy the freedom of a virtual drive and is completely free
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Virtual CloneDrive 5 3 1 2 2008 06 12
New Added option to use buffered I O
Fix Data integrity problem under Windows Vista

CradlePoint CTR500 travel router gets reviewed

Filed under: Review - 14 Jun 2008

Yeah, travel routers are still a rare breed, but when the entire family (or team, for you suits) needs to hop online in the hotel which conveniently provides absolutely no WiFi, it’s a real gem to have around. CradlePoint’s recently introduced 3G-ready CTR500 was taken for a experiment drive by …

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DVDFab 5.0.3.4 Beta

DVDFab Platinum is the most powerful and flexible DVD copying burning software With 8 copy modes you can back up any DVD to DVDR in just a few clicks
DVDFab Platinum is brand new is completely rewritten is based on more than 6 years of DVD copy software development


What 39 s New
Fix A V sync problem when using 2 pass encoding in certain cases DVDFab Mobile Option
Fix Video can 39 t be played on PS3 when using ps3 default profile DVDFab Mobile Option
Fix A crash problem when opening DVD in certain cases
Fix A crash problem when opening DVD if PathPlayer is enabled in certain cases
Fix A crash problem when using quot Write Data quot in certain cases
Fix A crash problem when converting process has just started in certain cases DVDFab Mobile Option
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