Archive for January 18, 2008

GeForce 8800 GT upgrade causes headaches for some Mac Pro users

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It looks like Mac Pro users wanting to get in on some of the latest and greatest action without ditching their old system altogether are still out of luck, despite a recently released “upgrade kit” from Apple that got some of their hopes up, and caused some consternation for anyone that actually took the plunge on one. … continue reading this entry.

The Longest Website in the world and the largest…

This site has taken the size of an electron to a pixel scale and has made a comparison of their size with a hydrogen atom… making it the longest page (horizontal world).This in reality would be about 11 km long, only that here was taken as a reference pixels…
But if what we want is the largest website in the world, this site contains 8100000000000000000000000000000 pixels… is, so you can get lost in the universe.

Google declares $10M Android competition open

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The race to develop applications for Google’s new Android mobile phone platform is officially on after ‘cross-platform bugs’ in the submission system were fixed.

Google has allocated $10m to the competition which has been split into two parts. Challenge 1 will be accepting entries until March 3rd with a total prize pool of $5m.

The Android competition is designed to generate lots of apps, not just a few good ones, as the total prize available to any one entry is only $275,000. … continue reading this entry.

Electronic Contact Lenses Give Future You Crazy Eyesight, Heads-up Display

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Having the internet be constantly displayed no matter where we look is a dream we’ve had for years, but having to shove an electronic contact into our eyes makes us think twice. This prototype device, which has red LEDs and can be worn for up to 20 minutes (tested on rabbits) with no adverse effects. The contacts beam images directly into the eyes, which means you can have either superhuman vision by feeding a zoomed-in image to the device, or even heads-up displays like Arnold had in T2 or RoboCop had in RoboCops 1, 2 and

Domino Flash Drive Great For Storage, Gambiling and Toppling Not So Much

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Unlike many of the flash drive designs these days, the Domino concept by Marcos Breder adds adds a little extra fun and functionality into the mix. Each domino can be split into two separate drives, with the white dots indicating the remaining storage capacity. The problem is that playing an actual game of dominoes with these drives would be damn near impossible (so gambling is out) —and putting enough of them together to form a proper toppling pattern would require countless drives. Not that it matters all that much given the fact that this product doesn’t actually exist. [Yanko Design via Oh Gizmo]

Dell’s Aluminum Laptops Causing Electric Shocks?

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The folks at CNET were surprised to discover that using some Dell laptops can result in electric shocks that “vary in strength from a gentle tingle to a sudden jolt.” They also noticed that the shocks occur when connecting peripherals to the laptops. It appears that the offending devices have been isolated to versions that feature a brushed-aluminum finish —namely the XPS M1330 and XPS M1530. … continue reading this entry.

A Camera of 160 megapíxles…

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High-end Swiss imaging specialist Seitz has released its latest eye-popper, 6-by-17-format camera that captures images at a whopping 160 megapixels, That means a single full-res image takes up nearly a gigabyte of space, so besides the challenge of schlepping the camera around, you’ll probably need a sherpa with a RAID cluster for storage. But, aah, the images — were talking panoramas to make armchair tourists drool. And think of the shutterbug envy you’ll generate from toting one of these babies. Suddenly, that SLR with 500mm lens seems absolutely amateur. Prices start at around $43,000 for the “compact” version.

Winamp 5.52 Build 1800 final… Is Ready To Download

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Download The Last Version of the Winamp that is a Player audio and video player with very practical, functional, which now able to reproduce freely virtually all audio and video formats, of course, as long as they have the codec installed.
Winamp supports the following formats AAC, it, courage, nst, stm, IDA, itz, MP1, NSV, stz, AIFF, KAR, MP2, OGG, ult, amf, M2V, MP3, Oct, VLB, APL, m3u, mp3 , pls, VOC, ASF, M4A, MP4, ptm, WAV, AU, mdz, MPEG, RMI, WMA, AVI, CDF, MPG, s3m, WMV, CDA, MIDI, mtm, s3z, xm, far, MIZ, NSA , SND, xmz, 669.

Improvements in this version include:

– Improved support for Unicode *. DLL enc_
– Support APEv2 tag.
– Support read / write BPM metadata.
– Optimized paa mldb results.
– Pixel shaders now works in graphics chips from Intel.
– Fixed Bugs.
– Updated Bento Skin # 118

Winamp 5.52 Build 1800 Final works on Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista.

Angstrom Power to Offer Longer Battery Life

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Angstrom Power has developed a technology that offers twice the run-time of batteries and with recharge times on the order of 10 minutes, Angstrom’s EverOn capability promises to supplant the lithium ion batteries commonly used in today’s portable electronic devices. … continue reading this entry.