Techfoundry: August 2005

Tuesday, August 30, 2005

Apple seals deal with Cingular

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Apple and Cingular have finally settled on an agreement that will have the carrier offering the Motorola ROKR music phone by the holiday season.

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Video iPod at last?

Apple Computer plans a major announcement next week in San Francisco, sparking speculation that the company that revolutionized digital music will unveil a video-playing iPod or an iTunes mobile phone.

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Skype responds to Google Talk with open APIs

Internet telephony provider Skype today announced that it will allow programmers to integrate the Skype instant message platform and presence application program interfaces into their Web sites and applications.

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Liquid filled Kevlar body armor stops bullets better

Good news for all you street thugs out there... The army has developed a body armor filled with a liquid that solidifies upon impact of a bullet with greater strength than plain old Kevlar. Other uses are for stabbings and flying shrapnel and even bomb protection.

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The most accurate broadband Speed Test on the internet.

The most accurate broadband Speed Test on the internet. Very easy to use. DSL, Cable, Dial Up, you name it, this one test covers them all. Results appear on the screen in a easy to understand format

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Opera (Browser) 10th Birthday - Download Free Ad-Free Version Today Only

From Download.com, (and for one day only, valid from 12 a.m. Tuesday, August 30 to 12 a.m. Wednesday, August 31 2005 (PDT)).

Simply e-mail registerme@opera.com to obtain a registration code

Normally $39USD ??

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Thursday, August 25, 2005

Your Age on Other Worlds

type in your birthdate and find out what your age would be on other planets such as mars, jupiter etc.

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Firefox Digg Toolbar

Download and install on Firefox to get a toolbar that can stream Digg articles and allow you to chat with other users that have the toolbar for Digg.com chat. It won't win any beauty competitions for sure but the Digg.com chat should be interesting...

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Bill Gates Professes The Virtues of the Macintosh

Classic video clip where a young Bill Gates professes the revolutionary advances the Macintosh made in computing. A great Macevangelist tool.

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Good list of Mac Freeware

This is a blog that updates regularly on Freeware for the Mac. (We all know that is one of the best reasons of owning a mac.)

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Seashore - GIMP re-done in Cocoa for OSX

Seashore is a native Cocoa application built around GIMP for OSX. Currently supports a bunch of great features and shows potential for taking over GIMP-Shop as the top free OSX photo manipulation tool.

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'Energy Blue' theme for Windows XP

Since posting screens of my desktop on digg I've recieved quite a few emails from digg users regarding my WinXP theme. The theme is called 'Energy Blue' and was originally released for Windows Media Center Edition. It is not a WindowBlinds skin or anything third party. Enjoy!

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Wikipedia Surpasses 700,000 Articles

The English version of Wikipedia has reached 700,000 articles and counting.

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Video demo of Windows Vista by Patrick Norton

Wasn't able to directly like to the video, so I had to post the link on my blog. Check out this video of the Vista beta demo hosted by Patrick Norton. Kinda cool to see whats coming in the later months. Don't want to beta test so I guess this is the next best thing. Hope the link lasts.....

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500+ Bit-torrent Sites

This page has links to over 500 other websites containing torrents and other clients. They are even put together in similar genres (TV, Music, Movies, Anime, etc.). A must see for Bit-torrent newbies and veterans.

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The 29 Healthiest Foods on the Planet

The following is a "healthy food hot list" consisting of the 29 food that will give you the biggest nutritional bang for you caloric buck, as well as decrease your risk for deadly illnesses like cancer, diabetes and heart disease. Along with each description is a suggestion as to how to incorporate these power-foods into your diet.

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Download Internet Explorer 7 Beta 1

Not sure if anyone has posted this, but, heres a link to download internet explorer 7, supposidly for developers only. But here it is and on a lot of others sites for people who want to test drive the real thing. Requirements: Windows XP and a legit copy at that (will require WGA)

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Hitachi unveils world's first terabyte DVD recorder

.. enough to record about 128 hours of high-definition digital broadcasting.

It's the first recorder to be able to record 2 HD programs at the same time.

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"open source DRM?"

Sun has launched an "open source DRM" project called "Open Media Commons."

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Sony Ericsson P1000 details leaked - Sony threaten legal action

Details of the P950/P1000 are starting to emerge despite Sony's efforts to stop leaks, including threats of legal action.

Sounds like a PR disaster in the making.

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Google License Plate Frame - $1.20 Total

"If you're feeling lucky, let your fellow motorists know where things stand." Free shipping, so it's only $1.20!

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Deep Ocean Photography Gallery

Awesome quality photos of the deep.

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eBay auctions ending in an hour at .99Â¢ or less

You can find some great items other people may have missed.

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Photoshop CS3 details emerge, two new Adobe apps set for release

Just months after the release of Adobe Photoshop CS2, Think Secret has obtained several notes regarding Photoshop CS3, as well as word that Adobe may be developing two other yet unannounced products: Adobe Acrobat 3D and Adobe Full Frame.

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Complete list of google talk tweaks

A good list courtsey initialdawn

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Piracy Not To Blame In Decline of Moviegoers

In a somewhat surprisingly earnest assessment, the NYTimes has an article about the massive decline in movie-going that does not once try to blame piracy and file-sharing programs. It sounds like studios are beginning to understand that they have only themselves to blame. (slashdot)

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Kevin and Alex let slip - Digg.com to be getting "Videos" section

In the last podcast of diggnation, Kevin and Alex let slip that Digg.com will be getting a "Videos" section. Digg this entry enough and Kevin will have to talk about the new videos section (and possibly other new sections) in the next diggnation episode :-D Click link for video clip.

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Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Liquid Metal Alloy is here!

Liquidmetal alloy is over 2 times stronger than titanium and has a amorphous stucture which keeps its shape! Watch the video on the left of the page! This will change the world!

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Google Talk vs Skype

Comparing Google Talk to Skype.

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Color Images From World War II

When most people think of the images of World War II, they think in black in white. From the image of American G.I.s raising a flag over Iwo Jima to the picture of Russians on the Reichstag, most of the public photos from the war are in shades of grey.

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GoogleOS? YahooOS? MozillaOS? WebOS?

Jason Kottke takes a very in depth look at what might be coming next in regards to browsers being the new OS.

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Top 15 Tech Shows

The 15 best free downloadable tech shows currently available on the Internet.

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iPod Video... Details?

Apple is in a rush to gather content for a portable video solution. I spoke on the phone with a contact working at Apple and uncovered some pretty interesting stuff!

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Xbox 360 to use notebook hard drive

While it may not be news to some, there are clearly many gamers confused about the hard drive option for Xbox 360. Some are angry that the 20GB drive is "so expensive", without realising it will be a 2.5 inch notebook hard drive, not the cheaper 3.5 inch desktop size from the original Xbox.

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How to make your own Cat-5 cable

I know that most of you know this, but I know that some of you are also new to this... But here is a small description on how to make your own Cat-5 cable. Just trying to help out...

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Download at 800 MB/s

Scientists at CERN are at it again. In order to distribute the information collected about the new Large Hadron Collider (LHC) due on line in 2007. The network sustained an average of 600MB/s for ten days with a peak of 800MB/s. I wouldn't mind downloading a CD per second.

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Brand New Call for Help Website

The Call for help website has been redesigned with a "G4" look.And since the show will now be airing in the U.S., the site is now at CallForHelpTV.com instead of at G4techTV.ca.

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Microsoft's Secret Files On Your Windows

Step by step guide on how to delete those annoying microsoft's hidden files that are invisible to DOS & Windows Explorer.

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More info on "Google Talk" IM with Voice

e-Week gives more information about the new google im

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Google Talk Review

The Download Squad does a review of Google Talk. Their comments are mostly positive. They say it includes Basic IM capabilities, high-quality and easy to use VoIP, complete integration with Gmail, and a simple, ads-free interface.

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PHOTOSHOP BASICS

An in depth tutorial for photoshop basics that Every artist should go through.

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Fresh Unique Wallpapers

431 high quality desktop backgrounds.

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HIV Virus Neutralized! New Drug in testing at Panacos Pharmaceuticals

Panacos Pharmaceuticals recent experiment with PA-457, an oral drug, has shown promising results in reducing the level of HIV in the blood.

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Pixar's New Interactive Lighting System

A new system developed by Pixar that allows lighting in realtime of their CG scenes. Including ray traced shadows. There is a video at the bottom of the page. Great stuff!

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Relax, Bill Gates; It's Google's Turn as the Villain

As Google becomes more powerful, are they becoming more like Microsoft?

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Skype opens IM and Presence to the world.Introducing SkypeWeb and SkypeNet

As part of celebrating our second year anniversary, Skype has a present to give back to the internet for all of the amazing support we have received from the internet community. We are announcing two new initiatives that make Skype and the Web a little more interesting and open up new possibilities for the developer and partner community.

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Google Talk: 15 screens of it and it's features

After I commented on the google talk story to add me (I was the second one to do so), I was swamped with messages from digg fans. I decided to take some screenshots of google's talk service and share them with the digg community. Hope you enjoy!

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Google Talk: 15 screens of it and it's features

How LEGOs Are Made!

This is a neat interactive flash movie that shows you how LEGOs are processed through factories and how they are shipped, molded, and all that good stuff. It is fricking sweet, especially if you are a die-hard LEGO fan.

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Google Talk Easter Egg!

In the about box (right click the taskbar icon) there should be this
play 23 21 13 16 21 19 . 7 1 13 5
substitute letters for numbers and you get
"wumpus.game"
add this to to your freinds list minus the quotes and play an old irc game!

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A New Flat Screen TV Price War

Panasonic is expected to announce that it could lower prices on plasma TVs up to $500, and their announcement may start a new TV price war before the end of 2005. Link goes to my cached version of the article, so you don't have to have an account.

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Make Windows XP look like Vista NOW! Easy to do.

This is nice. Just download the executable file on the link (Vista Inspirat BricoPack)and install it. Reboot and see the change. Can be easily uninstalled. You'll like it, if you like windows. It also installs the vista icons. Doesn't use style xp or windows blinds. It's a shell install.

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How to Set up Google Talk on Your Mac

Got it working in iChat and Adium, but had to port forward through my router for it to work. Connection still spotty with some windows users, though not all.

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Google talk has been released!

talk.google.com is up and working! Sweet!

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Xbox 360 Preorder Now Available @ EBgames.com

There are two bundles you can preorder, the Ultimate & Core bundle. However, you can also head down to your local EB Games location and put down a $50 deposit to pre-order the Xbox 360 premium or core edition.

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Gmail Open to Public

starting today, invites are no longer needed to get a Gmail account. In a separate announcement, Google says it will take the wraps off the service for users in the U.S. Gmail will be open and free to U.S. users

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Monday, August 22, 2005

Google IM Coming Wednesday?

"Rafat details a tantalizing clue about the possible launch of a Google IM this wednesday in this this NYT story." check comments for more

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Sunday, August 21, 2005

Superhighspeed Internet is Already Here

No need for powerlines or gaslines, Verizon's been deploying FIOS (fiber-optic) internet in several states for over a year now. No latency - data moves at the speed of light, and true speeds. 15 mb down/ 2 mb up is only $50 a month.

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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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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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The Pirate Bay's New (Temporary I'm Sure) Splash Page Image

Take a look at the image on the splash page of The Pirate Bay and where it leads to.

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Largest Online Movie Dvd Cover Archive

Here is a gift for all you Dvd burning fools, if you don't know about it all ready, this place is awesome. Make your burned Dvds *cough* backups, look professional.

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Amazing Cloud Formation over Hawaii!

An overall great site for learning about space. Click around in the archive of astronomy pictures compiled by NASA.. an interesting site to read and also to obtain cool background photos.

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Bye-Bye 'Submit' Button!

Here's a cool use of AJAX. It's a login page (php/mysql backend) with no submit button. The author provides all of the scripts involved and lists some advantages and dis-advantages of his method.

SWEEEET!

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Protopage gorgeously designed Ajaxy sticky notes website

Use Protopage for quick access to web sites, and to keep sticky notes and reminders. Try it now - you're just one click away!

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Is your site blocked in China?

Because of the "Great Firewall of China", many websites are blocked by the chinese government. Using this tool, you can find out if your site is being blocked by them! Very interesting.

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Download classic games like Kings Quest

Great site that has many of the classic games available for download!

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Engadget talks about Synergy.

A great step-by-step on using Synergy. Synergy is a program that lets you use one mouse and keyboard over multiple computers on multiple OS's.

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Linux in almost any laptop

So installing Linux in your laptop didn't go all right?, you can't play DVDs or music, connecting a peripheral wasn't a plug and play story, well, this page comes to the rescue, documenting the experiences of others users, sorted by brand and model sure you'll find something for you.

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Mac Tutorials

GREAT tutorials for most of the basic apps including iCal and Mail.

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iPodderX Windows Public Beta Released!

A digg.com exclusive! Yes its true, you can now finally download the public beta of iPodderX for Windows. For those that don't know, iPodderX is a full featured media aggregator for RSS feeds, great for grabbing podcasts, newsfeeds, and IPTV shows like Systm, Diggnation! & CommandN!

[File hosting graciously provided by libsyn.com!]

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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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Completely Erase Your Hard Drive, Get rid of your tracks.

some guy just put up a link on eraseyourharddrive.com a few minutes ago, this is by far better than that. It has different classes of erasing, even the legendary guttman wipe.

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Gmail for cellphones

If you're a Gmail user with access to a PHP server, your days of not being able to check your Gmail from your cellphone are over. Gmail-mobile is a PHP application that will give you access to your account with any WAP-compatible phone (WML format), and you should be able to read your mail, compose message, reply, have access to your labels, etc.

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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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Make Windows look completely like a MAC. Dashboard Included.

For those of you who envy the mac interface. Get your own.

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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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Audio of Top 100 speeches in U.S. History

These are great for mp3 players and really interesting to listen to if you're into history.

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Index Dot CSS

All CSS tags in one page... Cool Stuff

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Security Now! Episode 1

I've just posted the first episode of Security Now! with Steve Gibson. This shorty podcast (18 minutes) will be a weekly look at hot topics in security from the creator of ShieldsUP and Spinrite (and TWiT regular). We'll release it by midnight Thursday every week, just in time for your weekend podcasting.

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Is There Life After Oil?

what happens when oil is gone?

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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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What's scroll lock key for?

Probably most of you have been using computer more than 3 or 4 years. Have you ever used the scroll lock key on your keyboard? I don't think so. Or do you know what is it for? Here the answer is.

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'A Scanner Darkly' - Really cool animated movie

Check out the trailer. Not sure if it was really hard or really easy to do. I think its really cool.

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90 Windows XP Tips & Tricks

Some of them are more useful then others but definently worth a look a few examples Force users to press Ctrl-Alt-Delete to Logon,Fix your Slow XP and 98 Network, How to Convert a FAT Partition to NTFS, Copy Files and Folders to CD, Create a Password Reset Disk

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How To Hack Hotel PPV

So, you are sitting in your hotel, there is NOTHING on the 13 free channels and you really want to catch that.. eh hum new movie out right now, but you dont want to pony up the $10 or whatever they charge for pay-per-view movies... Well you are in luck!

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Saturday, August 20, 2005

Convert OEM Windows XP disc to Retail Windows XP

A retail Windows XP disk can be converted to a OEM disk by simply editing one file on the CD.
You have to copy all (or most of) the files from the CD to your hard drive, edit the file, then burn them to a new CD, being sure to make it bootable.
Here is what you need to do to convert between OEM and retail CDs.

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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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Batman Sequels Shot Back to Back With The Joker & Two-Face

He is also a link for a continuing rumor I have heard about Crispin Clover (Back To The Future) playing the Joker, didn't want to make two post so I'll just add it here. http://www.batman-on-film.com/batmovienews.html

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Spiderman 3 release date

title says it all.

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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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More Firefox Extensions (A must have!!)

this site is so cool that it covers all of the useful extensions a human can have in his Firefox. Worth a look!!

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College Majors That Pay Out the Most

Did you graduate with the right major? If money is an issue, you better have majored in engineering.

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Help bring FUTURAMA back to FOX!

Click the link to sign the petition to bring back the beloved show created by Matt Groening, FUTURAMA!

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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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Mario's 20th Birthday!

The official Nintendo of Japan has just updated with a happy birthday site!

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Essential freeware for the Mac user

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

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Hacking Illustrated

Step by step guide on how to execute various exploits or use certain tools.

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Download DVDShrink for the remainder of today

Due to popular demand, I’ll be hosting DVD Shrink and DVD Decrypter for the remainder of today, and depending on the amount of downloads, into next week. Feel free to jump on this opportunity. Not many websites continue to host it. My first digg – enjoy.

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How to speed up your Bit Torrent downloads.

Drastically improve your Bit Torrent downloads. I could not figure out why my Torrent downloads were taking forever until I stumbled across this BLOG entry.

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Windows Vista - Microsoft Jump On The BitTorrent Bandwagon

Windows Vista comes equipped with its own, under-the-hood P2P networking system, it has emerged.

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Monday, August 15, 2005

Is Meetro really the new Google IM???

Overheard on IM today, someone mentioned "Industry Sources" that Google was in talks with Meetro to merge their new client with Hello. Would be interesting since meetro's already got multi-network ability and distance/location awareness. Hello's got the photo-sharing code....

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Sunday, August 14, 2005

A Gmail suggestion box...courtesy of Engadget

Some good ideas here...hopefully the good folks at Google Labs are paying attention.

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Free Official Vista Icons Set

This site contains the all new icon set for Microsoft's new OS called Vista which will be released next year. Well over 113 "new look" .ico icons.

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Xbox 360 launch: EBGames leaks game lineup!

Xbox 360 Launch Titles with Links, 22 Games at launch with 7 coming before end of November!

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Turn your old PC into a File Server

If you want to give that old computer new life on your home network, try using it as a file server for music or pictures or whatever so that no matter where in the house you are you can access your massive digital library from any computer. Here's what you'll need to do...¦

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Use Windows Vista from the Web

Humorous web demo of Windows Vista, check it out.

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Video of record-breaking 125 mile WiFi

This was accomplished with a 12 foot dish on a mountain on the outside of Las Vegas and their remote station with a 10 foot dish on a mountain to the west of St. George Utah.

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Most amazing home theater setup I've ever seen.

Pimp my home theater. I defy anyone to top this home theater setup. Must be seen to be believed!

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Feds fund VoIP tapping research

The federal government is funding the development of a prototype surveillance tool by George Mason University researchers who have discovered a novel way to trace Internet phone conversations. ...The eavesdropping technique already has been shown to work with Skype, the researchers say.

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Microsoft's closing and locking Xbox 360 peripherals

Microsoft's officially playing some classic monopolistic moves with the way companies can make devices for the Xbox 360. You guessed it, only authorized peripherals deemed as such by a security mechanism they've engineered into the 360 will be able to connect to, control, or be used by the console.

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Make your own cordless Skype phone for FREE!!!

I don't know about you, but I love Skype.. The only problem is having to sit in front of the computer the whole time I use it.. I wanted to pay for a cordless Skype phone, that is, until I saw this!

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Barnes and Noble 15% Printable Coupon

Title says it all..Enjoy!

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Google Finds ADMIN Passwords

Google can find just about anything. here is THE Master list of all kinds os sensitive stuff Google can find. Password lists, Admin usernames/passwords, logs....EVERYTHING. must see.

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Martin Sargent's Official Webpage

The Sarge has a site up, finally. This guy is hilarious. Check it out. Good to hear that he's alive.

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Transferring Windows XP Activation Information

How to Reinstall Windows XP Without Having to Reactivate With Microsoft

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Views from satellite's

View the Earth as currently seen from a satellite in Earth orbit, choose the satellite from the list.

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Loud bass may cause lung collapse

Very loud music will cause various degrees of damage to our ears. New research now suggests it is possible for high intensity sound to collapse a lung!

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Google Netcam Hack

Google: inurl:"ViewerFrame?Mode="

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Hacking Windows XP: Speed Up Your Network and Internet Access

Depending on the type of network connection you have, you might be able to tweak your connection so that the speed of your Internet, as well as your local area network. By hacking the System Registry and editing the TCP/IP parameters, you can fine-tune the values to take advantage of more reliable, faster Internet connections, such as DSL and cable

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Download Anything You Want at 800 KB/sec -- Video Tutorial

Still using torrents? How does 800 KB/sec and no sharing sound? Learn Newsgroups and you might never go back! Give this tutorial to anyone that ever bugs you with: "Where can I download ____ ?"

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Don't Get Cozy With Ajax Just Yet

AJAX, the web technology that is spreading like wildfire and powers Google Maps, Flickr, Gmail, and even parts of Digg, is on everyone's mind right now. The problem is, AJAX provides the biggest security hole in years, allowing your keystrokes to be monitored, and other negative things. Devs and users, don't get too cozy with AJAX just yet.

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Build your own wireless hoptspot with Linux.

No need to buy proprietary software to get your own wireless hotspot, this tutorial teaches you the scripts you need to make a hotspot out of hardware you may have around and Linux.

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Google Earth Continues To Raise Security Concerns

Anyone can determine distances, latitude and longitude, where certain types of weaponry and military vehicles were located by using google earth

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We may be closer to 801.11n

The three proposal groups reinstated during the May meeting (TGn Sync, WWiSE and MITMOT) indicated that they have begun working together to create a single merged proposal.

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How to find a great domain name

Good domain names are out there, but they can be hard to find. Here are some tools to help you in your search.

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Videogames to one day replace TV?

THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS at this years Edinburgh Interactive Entertainment Festival was given by Adam Singer, member of the Ofcom Content Group and Group CEO of MCPS-PRS Alliance. He outlined his thoughts on gaming moving forward to replace television as the mass medium, encompassing the concepts of education, entertainment and information.

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How successful is Digg really?

Digg is generating huge amounts of traffic and I'm sure that some of the people lucky enough to make it onto the homepage are getting decent amounts of traffic. However, there is a suspicion that there are a lot of "serial diggers" out there who just digg without even clicking through to see the article.

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10 Big Myths about copyright explained

In recent digg dicussions about copyrights, here's a list of the Top 10 myths about copyright

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Rumor: CFH 2.0 Finally To Air in USA

A yet to be confirmed rumor has it that CFH will begin to air new episodes on G4TV starting early in September. Likely confirmation soon.

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Get Ready for Firefox 1.5

What to expect when 1.5 comes out in September

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Why build a base on the moon? Here's why...

Someone made a comment in another story about it being pointless to build a base on the moon. To set the record straight, here is perhaps the most important reason to get us up there permanently.

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Run Your Own Wireless Internet Service provider (WISP)

Setting up a wireless Internet Service provider (WISP) for your office or neighborhood doesn't have to be a taxing or expensive ordeal. If you build your network from easy-to-buy equipment and use Linux, you can use the power of shell scripts to make network management easy. This article gives you the tips and scripts you need.

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Experimental Hybrid Car gets 250 mpg!

"Politicians and automakers say a car that can both reduce greenhouse gases and free America from its reliance on foreign oil is years or even decades away. Ron Gremban says such a car is parked in his garage"

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40 Gigabits Internet Connection

Researchers at Valencia Technical University in Spain, as part of the LABELS project, have managed speeds of 20Gbps, with theoretical room to push it up to 40Gbps.

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World's first electronic paper watch demonstrated

Thin watch demonstrated using 'electronic paper' technology. Looks like a bracelet, but promises low power and a high sexiness factor.

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Firefox: 80 Million Downloads

Amazing.It has been hit. Currently, officialy, 80,039,454

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"Secret" Hollow Book - Conceal your items in the bookshelf

Everybody has heard of those books with the hollowed out spaces in the pages from one spy movie or another. Now, make your own.

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1993 News broadcast explaining this newfangled "internet" thingy

Canadian news station CBC gives quite a thorough rundown of this crazy trend. You've come a long way, baby!

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Pre-Made XHTML/CSS Page Layouts

Some cool pre-made XHTML/CSS Templates. Four different common "layouts" of pages in separate zip files or in one big one.

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Saturday, August 13, 2005

A lot of tech related PDF's - Great resource

This site has a wide variety of PDFs on computer related topics. Some of the topics include: Computer Programming, VHDL, Operating systems, Cryptography, Security, Networking, Engineering, UNIX, USENIX... Now some of these pdf's are a little dated, and some are quite trivial, but this still has enough docs to make it useful.

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Apple Stock Price Zooming! rumors as to why

the link shows a chart tracking apple's stock for the last 5 days. rumors about why at http://page2.macrumors.com they say apple is teaming up with google. read for yourself.

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Thursday, August 11, 2005

The CRT is dead, long live LCDs!!

DigiTimes reports that LCD makers are experiencing booming sales with no signs of slowdown: More than 60% of its overall LCD monitor shipments were for the 17-inch segment, Hsu added. Jean is positive about the outlook for the second half of this year and expects monthly shipment to reach more than 200,000 units.

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Thursday, August 04, 2005

Google now a hacker's tool

Somewhere out on the Internet, an Electric Bong may be in danger. The threat: a well-crafted Google query that could allow a hacker to use Google's massive database as a resource for intrusion.

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Shuttle crew see damage on Earth

Discovery Commander Eileen Collins described on Thursday how widespread environmental destruction on Earth is highly visible from the shuttle.

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yahoo! launches audio search

Using audio search you can find any audio file on the web

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Wednesday, August 03, 2005

Totally anonymous file swapping, take that RIAA!!

According to Yahoo, darknet, a software program that will enable people to anonymously swap music and other files on the Internet could be commonly available by year's end.

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PS2 Price Cut To Battle 360 Launch

Sony has little something something planned for Microsoft's launch of the Xbox 360 this fall: a cut in the pricing of the slim PlayStation 2 to somewhere between £60 to £70 in the UK. Supposedly they're also considering dropping the price on the PS2 to around $100.

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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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How To Create a Toolbar Extension for Firefox

Simply put, this tutorial will help you create a toolbar extension for Firefox.

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Tech Shows

This is a list of the best free downloadable tech shows currently available on the Internet. This site will be regularly updated with new shows and information.

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Tweaking Bit-Torrent Speeds

This guide is for tweaking the speeds that you can acheive in Bit-Torrent downloads. This guide is mostly centered around Windows XP Service pack 2 users, but it does provide some other tweaks that work on any version. It helped me max out my connection on a few torrents.

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Windows command prompt replacement (free)

Ever wish you could have a cool command prompt like in Linux, with a clear background (show through to desktop) and remove the window border, and change the font, and... well now you can (actually it has been around for awhile), and it is free.

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Pissed Off at Best Buy? Want to hear employee and customer stories?

I found this site awhile ago and some of you guys might know about it. As an employee of Best Buy I found the site funny and can relate to some of the stuff that people post on the site.

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Optical-camouflage or INVSIBILITY is real and in delevelopment/research

How Invisibility Cloaks Work. WOW this is truly amaazing

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Free Tool Lets You See Demographics in Your Area

Simply enter your zip code and it will show what type of people live in your neighborhood. It's interesting, fun, and has many useful applications. Like checking out the type of folks who live in a place you're considering moving to.

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Nanotechnology kills cancer cells

Nanotechnology has been harnessed to kill cancer cells without harming healthy tissue.
The technique works by inserting microscopic synthetic rods called carbon nanotubules into cancer cells.

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How to Replace Your iPod Mini LCD Screen!

Here's a great tutorial that explains how to replace your iPod Mini LCD screen. It's not all that complicated.

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Apple Expands iPod Trademark to Include Video

Apple Expands iPod Trademark to Include Video, looks like we are nearing release...

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Microsoft Beta Invite ID List

A full list of Beta programs you can sign up with through Microsoft. All current Beta Invite ID's. Includes Windows Media Center, Windows Installer, Communication Server, and more.

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Hak.5 Pilot "Episode 1"

After listening to Leo Laporte this weekend, a new show was introduced to the "non conventional tv shows". I had the oppurtunity to watch the new release which is due out sometime next week. It's like a cross between "the broken" & "SYSTM" but totally unique. Check it out!

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Do-It-Yourself Apple Laptop and Mac Mini Repair

Broke your computer, but can't afford $100/hr to have someone fix it? Want to upgrade your RAM or hard drive, but don't feel comfortable diving in without any experience? Each FixIt Guide has detailed disassembly instructions that walk you through the process of easily accessing and replacing components in your PowerBook, iBook or Mac Mini.

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