August 20, 2005

FireTune 1.0.6 Released

FireTune for Mozilla Firefox v1.x was developed for an easy and fast optimization of your browsing experience with Firefox.

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XBox 360 Sell Sheets! Proof that games will retail at only $49.99!

These have just been sent out to retailers showing off all the selling points of the system. Showing that first party Microsoft games will in fact sell for $49.99 and not $59.99!

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Light That Travels Faster Than Light!!

A team of researchers from the EPFL has successfully demonstrated, for the first time, that it is possible to control the speed of light. Both slowing it down and speeding it up in an optical fiber, using off-the-shelf instrumentation in normal environmental conditions.

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Absolutely Best Windows Freeware

Nicely reviewed and compiled lists of the best Windows Freeware. Best edited one I've seen so far.

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Leo Spills The Beans - Call For Help Back in U.S. 08-29!!!

This morning on KFI640's Bill Handel show, Leo said his "little Australian TV show" will be back on in the U.S. starting Monday, August 29. The link goes to Leo's new omnibus podcast "Radio Leo" that's a single feed to download the Leo's various podcasts and radio appearances from the last 7 days.

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GTA mod for HL2 !!! The Lord hath answered my prayers

After seeing the post for the GTA:SA mod that includes Vice and Liberty get so much attention I thought I would post this nice find. It looks to be the beginning of a GTA style mod for Half-Life 2. You have to digg them for completely reinventing the BFG (Big Fucking Gun)

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Steve Jobs Says Microsoft Is Copying Our Stuff

A Microsoft employee ran into Steve Jobs at lunch and Jobs says, "It's nice to see that you're copying our stuff."

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August 18, 2005

Full Backward Compatability on Xbox 360!

With all the noise being made about the price and package options someone must have missed this tidbit of information.

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Gravity powered aircraft flies with no fuel

Former nuclear designer, Robert D. Hunt of Hunt Aviation Corp has come up with a new "gravity powered aircraft technology" that he claims can accomplish sustained fuel-less flight. Hunt has designed a new hybrid aircraft: a "gravity-powered aircraft" which is a fixed wing, ridged skin airplane made of lightweight and modern composite materials.

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SaturnĂ¢��s Rings Have Their Own Atmosphere

Data from the NASA/ESA/ASI Cassini spacecraft indicate that Saturn's majestic ring system has its own atmosphere - separate from that of the planet itself.

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Railguns, Gauss Guns, OH MY!

Excellent examples of a real world rail gun, gauss gun theory, working disc thrower, 40w lasers, microwave oven guns.. Makes unreal tournament look real!

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Is There Life After Oil?

what happens when oil is gone?

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Convert Windows XP Home Disc to XP Pro

There was another post detailing how to change a retail disc to OEM, I think this one is much more useful. Convert that old, useless XP Home Disc to XP Pro.

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Top 10 Google Maps implementations

title says it all

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How To Build A Computer

Building a computer is a very rewarding experience. You can learn more about computer hardware by building a computer than you can by reading every computer hardware textbook ever written. Aside from that, you get a totally personalized computer that no OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) could match

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Hidden Windows Apps

Some of the apps are hidden or not, depending on whether you are using XP Pro or Home, but a lot aren't listed in the applications folder.

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Essential freeware for the PC user

Just purchased a brand new Windows PC. Try out these must have free software on your machine.

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Tiny device combines Wi-Fi Hotspot Finder with access point

With its ease of use and full featured capability, the ZyXEL AG-225H Wi-Fi Finder is an ideal tool for consumers to detect hotspots, provide a secure wireless connection and share wireless access with others.

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Gmail Drive 1.0.7 released

GMail Drive creates a virtual filesystem on top of your Google Gmail account and enables you to save and retrieve files stored on your Gmail account directly from inside Windows Explorer. GMail Drive literally adds a new drive to your computer under the My Computer folder, where you can create new folders, copy and drag'n'drop files to.

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Extremely Cool Wallpapers!

Website containing 6 pages (around 120) different wallpapers. Very nicely done!

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August 17, 2005

Blogger for Microsoft Word

Blogger just released a new add-in for Microsoft Word that lets you use your word processor (as long as it's Microsoft Word) to edit and post to your Blogger Blog.

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Dave Matthews Band Doesn't Want DRM

According the band's official website, they don't seem to support the many DRM inconveniences that users have to put up with. They have posted instructions on how to get their music into iTunes, by bypassing the included DRM. It involves the lame task of burning the tracks to a CD, then ripping again.

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Software tells you how much to pay on credit cards

This software tells you how much you should pay on your credit card bills, works on regular bills to. Whatever the formula is it seems pretty reasonable.

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Tsunami clue to 'Atlantis' found

A submerged island that could be the source of the Atlantis myth was hit by a large earthquake and tsunami 12,000 years ago

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Amazing Tornado Photos!

My friend just sent me these photos threw email this morning and they blew me away so I thought I would share them with you. A Must See!

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Create your own ILM

Great write up about doing your own Industrial Light and Magic effects using free (or cheap) software tools. From video editing to storyboarding, this tells you how to do it. Very cool.

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Without the screen

"a California-based firm today unveiled a futuristic projector that projects video onto thin air.The Heliodisplay,developed by IO2 Technology,is designed to display any video source in high-resolution without the need for a screen."

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The Coolest Guinness World Record Ever - set by Microsoft!

5,500 play Counterstrike and set world record

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How Antimatter Spacecraft will work.

Is there any scientific basis for the warp drives that we see in Star Trek. How stuff works explorers the matter anti-matter engine and how it could work in the future

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Cheap computer equipment from police stations

Just found this great site where police stations across the US are selling various items they have from clothing to bicycles, computers to cell phones. Everything is very cheap, and most of the stuff is in good condition. Great place to get computer equipment for a quarter of the price!

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Free Windows Xp GUIs from AlienWare

AlienWare has a cool Windows XP GUIs you can download for FREE. So go check them out. You can also edit them if you know how.

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Call-4-Help and other TechTV Shows Return

Call For Help, along with Robot Wars, Future Fighting Machines, and Nerd Nation are going to start airing on G4 in the USA at the end of this month! Inadvertent confirmation at last!

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Free Online Graph Paper / Grid Paper PDFs

Just about every type of paper you can think of all free and fully customizable.

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Meet HVD - 1 Terabyte of Storage, Twice as Fast as a Hard Drive

HVDs - Holographic Versatile Discs, can store up to 3.9 terabytes of information (that's nearly 4000 gigabytes). Their transfer rate is also twice that of modern-day hard drives. Could these not only replace DVDs, Blu-Ray discs, but even harddrives? They are almost ready to start rolling out commercially at 1 terabyte per disc.

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NASA funds flying car competition

Finally, research on those flying cars we were promised decades ago is being funded by the government!

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Xbox 360 $299 - $399

The Xbox 360 will ship with a wired controller and no HD for $299 and with a wireless controller, headset, remote and a 20GB HD for $399. Engadget - www.engadget.com

August 16, 2005

The del.icio.us for programs

"This site allows you to keep a social list of the programs you use. You can easily find new, interesting and popular software in various categories, track after specific categories..." Quite a useful site. Thing is, that free software has no advertising budget. This free service may be the way to reach it.

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Tenth Planet May Be Bigger Then Expected

An observational error may have understated the size of the tenth planet. Discoverer Mike Brown notes on his website, the telescope was actually pointed at the wrong place.

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HOW TO: Shopping for major discounts at Dell

I no longer work for Dell, I quit my job there, but I worked in Nashville in the S&P Small business division...

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Earth punctured by tiny cosmic missiles

"Earth is facing another threat from outer space. Scientists have come to the conclusion that two mysterious explosions in the 1990s were caused by bizarre cosmic missiles." Subatomic particles from the Big Bang causing earthquake like events.

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Earth punctured by tiny cosmic missiles

"Earth is facing another threat from outer space. Scientists have come to the conclusion that two mysterious explosions in the 1990s were caused by bizarre cosmic missiles." Subatomic particles from the Big Bang causing earthquake like events.

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Nintendo Officially Drops DS Price to $130

Nintendo has lowered the price for their DS handheld by $20, just in time for the release of Nintendogs next week.

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Court to decide on evidence gathered from computer repair shops

When Robert Westbrook brought his computer to a Gateway computer store, a tech found what he believed to be illegal material and called the police. They collected evidence from the computer without a warrant. The EFF Proved a violation of fourth amendment rights at trial, but the case is going to appeals court.

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Crocodile Immune System Kills HIV

"The crocodile has an immune system which attaches to bacteria and tears it apart and it explodes. It's like putting a gun to the head of the bacteria and pulling the trigger,"

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Dell Inspiron 8600

Does anybody know of a graphics card update for the Dell I8600? I have the 32MB ATI card and need an upgrade. Any help would be appreciated.

Xbox 360 Ready For Production

Microsoft announced today that Celestica, Flextronics and Wistron will produce the Xbox 360.

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Google Partnering with I-Tunes ?

Word on the street is Google and Apple may be holding hands for some kind of I-Tunes Partnership. What could this entail? If anybody has any details, forward them to us please.

Huge Social Bookmarking List

I thought you all would like to see a nice list of sites for backing up your bookmarks cause you never know when your computer is going to go nuts. Great list of sites, check it out.

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simply most advanced video streaming i have seen

instant full-screen video with quality worthy of an xvid transfer. java applet req. tnx orli ;)

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21 Photoshop Video Tutorials

21 different Photoshop tutorials to try out. They are all in easy to follow video format. Enjoy!

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Real life Jurassic Park planned in Dubai

Jack Horner, one of the America's best-known paleontologists and palentological consultant to Steven Spielberg, as well as other experts are working together to develop a real-life Jurassic Park in Dubai. No real dinosaurs aparently, all animatronics

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Urine Powered Battery

Scientists have developed a paper-thin urine powered battery. Wonder if they'll be able to spin this into the next generation of Hybrid vehicles. Would make "filling up" the car interesting..

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Tivo Officially Introduces TV downloads

Following the unexpected leak of screenshots that had company executives fuming, TiVo on Monday officially introduced a trial of its new video download service, touting IFC as the first broadcast partner. TiVo users will be able to download IFC content using a broadband connection, rather than record it off the air

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Bush administration objects to .xxx domains

The Bush administration is objecting to the creation of a .xxx domain, saying it has concerns about a virtual red light district reserved exclusively for Internet pornography. This only leads me to ask the question: Has the Bush administration ever used the Internet before???

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Social Engineering Fundamentals, Part I: Hacker Tactics

One morning a few years back, a group of strangers walked into a large shipping firm and walked out with access to the firmĂ¢??s entire corporate network. How did they do it?

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PS3 is confirmed to be released in 2006 and to support multiple OS

Sony said that the PS3 is confirmed to come out in 2006 but they did not announce an actual date. there were sine rumors saying it may be coming out in 2007. they also said that it can support multiple operating systems.

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Automated Teller Machines Snatching Your Personal Info

I always thought that I couldn't be fooled by this type of scam. Seeing these images made me think otherwise.

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Techphile Episode 11 From the TechTV Meetup in Toronto

Andy Walker - Co-Host, Call For Help Jay Adelson - CEO, Revision3- Leo Laporte - Host, Call For Help and TWiT- Kevin Rose - Host, Diggnation, Systm, the broken- Alex Albrecht - Co-Host, Diggnation- The Fans - And more ...

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100Mbps Optic Fibre Internet Connection - 50 USD per month!

While we are on 2Mbps in the UK, this guy is enjoying 100Mbps in Japan...

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Interesting super-slow-motion video clips

These video clips were filmed with a special high-speed camera. The super slow-motion playback lets you visualize effects that cannot be seen with the naked eye or with a standard video camera. Check out the face dynamics!

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Windows XP Tips & Tricks

How to Remove Windows XP's Messenger Set the Search Screen to the Classic Look New Sound Blaster Drivers Upgrading to Windows XP How to Upgrade Windows 98 or Windows ME Profiles to Windows XP Domain User Profiles How to make your Desktop Icons Transparent Speed up your browsing of Windows 2000 & XP machines

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Intel to deliver dual-core, hyper-threaded chips earlier than expected

With development ahead of schedule, Intel Corporation today announced it is accelerating the availability of its dual-core, hyper-threaded Xeon and Xeon MP processors. The new processors will help improve server responsiveness, speed and multi-tasking by allowing software to manage information from up to four Ă¢??brainsĂ¢?? per Intel processor.

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Google Maps + MSN Visual Earth + Flash = FlashEarth

I would Google Google Visual FlashEarth But thats me. Lets you use the msn visual earth interface on google maps, and also switch between gmaps and VE.

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Legend of Zelda Halo mod

Now this is ambitious. What started as a few Halo maps recreated from Ocarina of Time turned into a huge project to emulate the gameplay experience of Legend of Zelda.

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Alex Albrecht Video Compilation

A compilation of video, ad's and scenes from tech tv of Alex, host of Diggnation.

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CPU Cooler Removed

Ever wondered what happens when the CPU cooler is removed ?

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Video- Bluetooth hacking at the 2005 Academy Awards

Actually a "Security Assessment", but "hacking" in the title draws more diggs. From the Flexilis and From The Shadows crews, they scanned and sniffed all the celebrities to see the vulnerabilities at such a high security event. Also they show off the bluetooth sniper rifle.

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August 15, 2005

Dive into Python FREE online book

For any of those who need to improve your Python skills here is a FREE book you can download, includes the source code for the examples in the book. enjoy.

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Inspiring Color Palettes...Kick Start Your Next Design Project

From COLOURlovers: "a place to view, rate and review some lovely colours & palettes. the idea is to create a place of color inspiration where a designer of any sort can see new and lovely colours... find out what colors are hot, what work well in other uses... and simply make some love with colour."

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Strange Things You Likely Didn't Know

Quite a few interesting facts

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Strange Things You Likely Didn't Know

Quite a few interesting facts

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TOP 25 TECH QUOTES

Need some inspiration check these out!

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Track visitors to your website using Google Maps

gvisit.com is the newest tool to make use of the Google Maps API. It allows bloggers - or anyone with a website - to track the locations of their visitors, and plot the results on a Google Map. It is free (donation driven) and you don't even need to register an email address.

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Call For Help Is Coming Back To The USA!!!

Through the 18th episode of TWiT (this week in tech) from Leo LaPorte's mouth, Call For Help is going "worldwide" with details to follow. So stay tuned all you techie freaks and TechTV lovers, cause Call For Help is coming back to US shores soon!

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Online Graphing Calculator

Don't own a graphing calculator? Try this one.

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Google to Offer Free WiFi?

For the past year, Google has quietly been shopping for miles and miles of unused fiber-optic cable across the country from wholesalers such as New YorkĂ¢??s AboveNet. What if Google wanted to give free ad-supported Wi-Fi access to everyone in America? And what if it had technology capable of targeting advertising to a userĂ¢??s precise location?

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commandN Episode 10 Up.

EPISODE #10 (August 15th, 2005) We shot this episode during the Toronto TechTV Meet-up last Thursday (check out Brian's blog for links to some awesome pics). Big thanks to Dan Huard for his impromptu guest appearance at the end of the show. Also, we picked our contest winner (we'll showcase their video on Episode #11).

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Aircrack 2.22

Aircrack is a set of tools for auditing wireless networks. It consists of: airodump (an 802.11 packet capture program), aireplay (an 802.11 packet injection program), aircrack (static WEP and WPA-PSK cracking), and airdecap (decrypts WEP/WPA capture files).

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Hybrid Supercar

Wow, this Hybrid Supercar can do 0-60 in the low 4-seconds and can get 50mpg. Developed by a bunch of High School kids, the car is call "The Attack" and looks just as good as it performs.

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