An inventor by the name of Thomas Kasmer has created a device to double the gas mileage of conventional cars. Yes, that's right, conventional gas engines -- no hybrids here. Imagine a Ford Expedition that gets 40+ miles per gallon. Needless to say, he has the attention of automakers.
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August 5, 2005
Firefox Tweak Guide
Whether you're a first-time user or a veteran, this Firefox Tweak Guide brings together all the major tips, tricks and tweaks for Firefox.
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Top 50 Mystery and Crime Movies
Hollywood first turned to mystery and crime in 1903's â??The Great Train Robberyâ??, and it hasn't looked back since. With hundreds of titles to choose from, going to the video store can be daunting. To help you out, MysteryNet sat down with a panel of experts and chose the top 50 mystery movies of all time.
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GIM? A Google Instant Messenger could be coming soon...
It would make sense for Google to branch out its communication efforts to other mediums. Text, to real-time text, audio, video... the sky's the limit. Yahoo's IM undertaking has proven itself moderatly successful, but is a new IM application really practical?
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The Art of LockPicking Video
Here's a great video about lockpicking to help us all be more aware of our physical security.
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Top 10 Game Cliches
Some good cliches that need to die in the gaming world. I really like number 8, unnecessary stealth.
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Beginner's guide to developing web apps in AJAX
AJAX is the new (next?) hot thing in web programming at the moment. For example, it's what enables Gmail's interface to feel so slick, and for Flickr to deliver dynamic content. If you have no idea where to start, this article will get you going.
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Will Your PC Run Windows Vista?
Not all PCs will gain a full view of Windows Vista.
Microsoft Corp. has yet to finalize the minimum requirements for a PC to run its forthcoming operating system.
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Fox announces Blu-ray titles
Twentieth Century Fox have announced support for Blu-ray, with a list of films & TV shows including the Alien, Die Hard & X-Men series, as well as 24, The Simpsons and Family Guy to appear in High Definition. But who is going to pay to replace our DVD collections with HD discs??
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That's No Space Station
Cassini got its closest view of Saturn's moon Mimas on Tuesday, the one that looks like the Death Star.
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About:config Reference
A reference to all of the about:config entries and what each one does. Handy to check out for Firefox tweaking.
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About:config Reference
A reference to all of the about:config entries and what each one does. Handy to check out for Firefox tweaking.
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August 4, 2005
Massive Outage hits Vonage
Apparently people can hear the dialtone, but calls donâ??t go through. Voicemails are offline, and other such issues as well. Most people on the Vonage Forums are complaining about lack of service.
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Wireless LCD Panels
The 15LW1R has a rechargeable battery and wirelessly connects (over 802.11g) to a base station that you connect to your video source (like a cable box or DVD player).
I actually would like to see this in action...I thought video required tons of bandwidth.
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Google vs. Yahoo usage Stats and Analysis
Very Interesting Stats about the usage of Google and Yahoo different services, and some Analysis on those Stats.
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How to Break Wooden Blocks - Kung Fu? Meet Physics
What do you get if you put a physicist, a martial arts expert and a pile of wooden planks in one room? Some smaller planks.
Weâ??ve all seen it. Some bloke with a hand of steel slicing a lump of concrete or block of timber in two. But ever wondered how itâ??s done? No, they are not hopped up on PCP!
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Easily install Apache2, PHP5, and MySQL
A simple guide on setting up a home server for testing. Includes instructions on installing zend.
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August 3, 2005
Sony may delay PS3 until 2007...
Analyst believe that Sony can wait until 2007 to release the PS3 if certain market conditions fall into place including dropping the PSTwo to $99.
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Harrison Ford Has Agreed To Indy Jones IV
Details on the Indiana Jones IV release date, Steven Spielberg's comments about Indiana Jones IV, and much more!
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Xbox 360 for only $299?
Wal-Mart employees have leaked information suggesting that they have seen the prices of the Xbox 360, and they are event lower than expected.
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200 Amazing Secrets
200 Amazing Secrets is available free of charge. Wait until you can see the entire document then use the 'save as' command in the file menu to save to hard disk.
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Handbrake DVD Ripper
For hose of you who haven't heard of Handbrake for Mac OS X and beos here is a link to the homepage. This a really cool to to back up DVD "Evan Encrypted ones" into small avi or mp4 files.
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Microsoft Launches Start.com ... A personalized news site
It appears as though this site designed my Microsoft uses AJAX to create a personalized news site with alot of eye candy. Do searches, read RSS feeds, look at stock prices, weather, and so much more.
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40 Screenshots of Windows Vista
More screenshots shall we? Here's a slideshow of Windows Vista Beta 2. Lots of cool looks, including IE7 and the start menu.
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Cvs Camcorder USB Program Released
Ops 0.1 Alpha: A program that allow owners of the CVS "Reusable" Camcorder to download the last recorded video onto a Computer, has been released.
Ops 0.1 Alpha By BillW.
Related CVS Camcorder hacking Forum
http://camerahacks.10.forumer.com/viewforum.php?f=13
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540Mbps 802.11n wi-fi
Three major developers working with 802.11n have joined forces to hopefully make 802.11n real. Speed might get up to 540Mbps.
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Interactive Free-Space Display For Computers/DVDs/Etc.
That's right this company made a display that use's thin air as a background and is interactive with your finger or hand. Watch the video. This is unreal and these guys are going to be millionaires if they aren't already.
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Useful Windows Software
Huge list of useful Windows applications. Even if you think you've got it all, there is going to be something here for everyone.
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How much electricity can you put through and aluminum can?
At a government test site in Nevada last week, scientists generated a brief electrical pulse four times as powerful as all the electricity on Earth.
It was all over in a few millionths of a second.
And you should have seen the aluminum can.
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Router Flaw Is a Ticking Bomb
Security researcher Mike Lynn roiled the Black Hat conference Wednesday when he resigned from his job at Internet Security Systems to deliver a talk about a serious vulnerability in Cisco IOS,
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August 2, 2005
Half Life 3 Slated for Xbox 360?
A Spanish presentation for the next Microsoft console contains an important piece of information for all Half Life fans, and not only.
According to images posted on the Internet, which revealed, among many things, some details on the XNA technology, on one of the slides, Valveâ??s name accompanied by Half Life 3 showed on a slide.
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AMD cuts desktop CPU prices by up to 25%
AMD today (Aug. 1) released price cuts for its line of desktop PC-use processors, including the Sempron and Athlon 64 lines.
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AMD cuts desktop CPU prices by up to 25%
AMD today (Aug. 1) released price cuts for its line of desktop PC-use processors, including the Sempron and Athlon 64 lines.
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Tim Burton's new animation with unique digital workflow
The movie "Corpse Bride" is edited in Final Cut Pro, which is not new, but was shot in digital with Canon EOS 1D _still_ cameras. Then the crew used AppleScript, JavaScript and QuickTime tools to fine-tune the project.
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Diggnation, TWiT & CommandN noted in Chicago Tribune
Steve Johnson, the resident arts critic of the Chicago Tribune, wrote an article yesterday mentioning 'This Week in Tech', 'Diggnation', & 'CommandN'.
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Video of Active Camouflage In Action
This is a video off of the guy's website who is working on this technology. Notice how the LCD's content looks better reflecting off the guys jacket than coming straight from the LCD. And, no it would not looked like that if you just hooked up a projector to a digital videocam, that's a special jacket.
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Wireless on the cheap thanks to MIT.
Scientists at MIT are working on some pretty cool technology that will potentially lower the cost of wireless from the current 50 cents per megabyte to 5 cents per megabyte. I would certainly welcome this.
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The 5 Best Bit Torrent search engine sites.
The criteria used to evaluate these torrent sites: breadth and depth of database, database currency, ease of use and searching, speed of access, general integrity of files, information provided about the files, information provided on the torrent P2P community, and price of membership.
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Apple releases multi-button mouse!
Apple today released a multi-button mouse which includes left and right clicks, a scroll ball, and side buttons.
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Hack an Elevator
"The designers of some elevators include a hidden feature that is very handy if you're in a hurry
or it's a busy time in the building (like check-out time in a hotel)."
Not tested it myself, but something try.
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Sony Announces USA PSP Fimware v2.0 Date [via IGN]
Sony just announced that the USA PSP Firmware v2.0 will be released on August 12, 2005!
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August 1, 2005
Linux from Scratch
Instead of installing Ubuntu or Suse, try it from scratch and actually learn something!
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AMD releases budget dual-core Athlon 64.
The Athlon 64 X2 3800+ will run at 2GHz and each core will have a 512KB secondary cache for rapid data retrieval. The chip costs $354 in quantities of 1,000.
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Experts Warn About Powdered Alcohol
Inconspicuous packets with a powder inside that contains alcohol, and a lot of it -- about 4.8 percent by volume. The equivalent to 1.5 glasses of liquor. Add powder to cold water, and you have an alcoholic drink containing either vodka or rum.
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