Archive for: June 27, 2008

June 27, 2008

Robotic Copycat Arm promises to taunt you with ease

Filed under: Review - 27 Jun 2008

Filed under: RobotsWhile mind-control interfaces are all well and good, sometimes a simpler solution makes a bit more sense, and that’s where that so-called Copycat Arm comes in. Developed by a group of researchers at the University of Tsukub, it makes use of a high-speed camera to monitor a person…

AT&T moves HQ to Dallas from San Antonio

Filed under: Review - 27 Jun 2008

Filed under: Misc. GadgetsWhat’s that, you didn’t know AT&T was based in Texas? Yeah, ever since all those mergers (re-)created AT&T, its HQ has been in the former SBC offices in San Antonio, which is why positive services tend to roll out there first. It looks like the Alamo City isn’t fair…

O2 showcases pedal-powered cellphone charger

Filed under: Review - 27 Jun 2008

Filed under: Cellphones
Motorola so had that down pat final year, but we suppose O2 is just showcasing its pedal-powered charging system now that such devices are all the rage. Just days after we had a look at two unorthodox chargers from Orange, along comes rival O2 with a bicycle-related alternati…

Engadget’s farewell card to Bill G

Filed under: Review - 27 Jun 2008

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets
Well, Bill, it’s just about quittin’ day out here on the left coast, so with your final day at Microsoft drawing to a shut, we wanted to present you with a little farewell card. It’s not much, but we hope you like it.Bill,I can’t believe you’re already taking off! They eve…

Medion’s Atom-powered Akoya Mini laptop now on sale

Filed under: Review - 27 Jun 2008

Filed under: Laptops
Here’s a peculiar one. Medion’s Akoya Mini — you know, just one of the legions of low-cost laptops you’ve barely heard of — is finally on sale after being showcased at Computex. But it’s not the mere fact of being on sale that’s intriguing; for whatever reason, Medion has deci…

VSO ConvertXtoDVD 3.1.1.32 Final

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

CCleaner 2.09.600

CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool It removes unused files from your system allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history But the best part is that it 39 s fast normally taking less than a second to run and contains NO Spyware or Adware

How would you change Microsoft whether you were Bill Gates?

Filed under: Review - 27 Jun 2008

Being that it is Bill’s special day and all, we figured we’d give you a shot at stepping into his shoes and shaping Microsoft into something even more dominant that the juggernaut it is. Just suppose taking a seat in the biggest corner office Redmond has to offer, getting your Outlook set up, fi…

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HP fax machines recalled, could turn resume into flames

Filed under: Review - 27 Jun 2008

Hey you. Yeah, you. You’re about to beam that resume facsimile-style to a prospective employer, aren’t you? whether said machine is a Hewlett-Packard Fax 1010 or 1010xi, we’re recommend firing (ahem) it by through newsletter instead. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with…

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The Bill Day giveaway (part 4) - Windows Vista Ultimate

Filed under: Review - 27 Jun 2008

Hey, whether Bill can give absent tens of billions of dollars, the least we can do to celebrate his final day is to give absent some Microsoft-powered stuff, right? Next up: a full, non-upgrade copy of Windows Vista final.

Leave a comment below. Tell us about your favorite Microsoft-powered …

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Snow Leopard’s Weight Loss Tips for a Tight Leopard Install

Filed under: Review - 27 Jun 2008

Apple has already announced the successor to Leopard, called Snow Leopard, during the WWDC not too enlarged ago. They explained that Snow Leopard would not focus on user-visible features, but instead would deliver performance improvements and resource footprint reductions. One of the measures Apple …

Canadian mini-satellite promises to detect soil-destroying asteroids

Filed under: Review - 27 Jun 2008

It’s hardly the only project out there that’s aiming to detect asteroids on a collision course with soil before it’s too late, but that effort backed by Defence Research Development Canada and the Canadian Space Agency does take a slightly different tact than most and, despite appearances abov…

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