Archive for April, 2005
Samsung and Microsoft introduce hybrid hard drive
MS and Samsung at WinHEC introduced their new HHD designed for use in the next generation of Windows. It’s outfitted with a 1Gbit NAND flash buffer and it only spins up the platters and writes to the drive when its good and full.
Sounds like a great drive, more of a leap in HD technology than those 10,000 rpm drives, in my mind at least.
Google Desktop Extreme
Google Desktop Extreme provides an interface to the Google Desktop Search Engine, which adds unique functionality to make your searches faster and more productive. Features include real-time feedback (searches as you type), auto-complete, sorting, grouping, and filtering of search results.
A Free Copy of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
The Technology Advancement Program is designed to assist customers who have acquired a new x64 Computer with the intention of replacing a previously licensed 32-bit version of Microsoft Windows XP Professional for the new version of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.
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Xbox 360 New Picture
This is another picture of what seems to be the Next Xbox. Engadget had said the previous one was the real deal, now this one is at an angle – showing off the Hard Drive. A nice 40GB!
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Mice put in 'suspended animation'
Mice have been placed in a state of near suspended animation, raising the possibility that hibernation could one day be induced in humans.
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RoamDrive
RoamDrive is an application that allows you to store data in your GMail (or Hotmail/MSN) e-mail account. Unlike GMail Drive, you can not mount this as a hard drive, but there is no 40 character file name limit or 10MB file size limit.
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An overview of Windows XP Professional x64 Edition WebCast
Thursday, April 28, 2005: 10:00 AM
In this WebCast, Microsoft MVP Charlie Russel describes Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition and the hardware that supports it.
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Dual Core Era Begins
Intel Corporation announced that computer manufacturers Alienware, Dell and Velocity Micro today started selling desktop PCs and workstations based on Intel’s first dual-core processor-based platform. The dual-core processor-based systems are geared for computer hobbyists and entertainment enthusiasts.
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Personal Aircraft May Arrive in Stores Next Year
The AirScooter II, a personal aircraft that can hover or fly at 55 knots, is the latest invention from Elwood “Woody” Norris. The AirScooter II, though, is designed for people. It weighs around 300 pounds and doesn’t require a pilot’s license, according to the company’s Web site.
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SnapStream Betas New PVR software that also TimeShifts FM.
I am a big SnapStream Fan. It is like TiVo, but only better. I can pause live tv, move shows to my pocketPC, stream live and recorded shows to all the PCs in my house. They are about to take it to the next level with there next release of Beyond TV.
Here is an excerpt from an email where SnapStream talks about the future release of Beyond TV:
“Codename Retro The second option, for our more adventurous testers, is the new “Codename Retro” set of builds. Retro is the name for our next generation product that includes a number of cool features (some of which are so top secret we can’t even mention them yet 
). The first feature is the ability to back capture live tv. This means that if you’ve watched a show in live tv and decide to keep it, when you hit “record” it will record all of the show back to where you started recording it. Also new is the ability to listen to and time shift FM radio. If you have a tuner card with a radio input, you will be able to listen to all of your favorite stations through Beyond TV. As well, you can pause, fast forward and rewind just like you can in Live TV. The first Retro build will be available in the next few days with new features coming over the next few months. Right now, a public releaseof Retro is scheduled for the summer time frame and will be available for a small upgrade fee.”
Great site to send free ring tones to your cell phone.
This site allows you to send .mid, .mp3, etc. files to your cell phone. Sure beats paying $2 for a single ring tone.
OSX Themed Web Site and Transformation Pack
This site has been producing an amazing OSX Transformation pack for Windows XP for quite some time now. With the release of FlyakiteOX2, they also released an amazing new web site that seems to be OSX emulated in your web browser! PearPC watch out! I sure had fun playing around with this one.
Absolutely Free Web Host!
A nice, free web host. Gives sub-domains, email, ftp accounts, MySQL Databases, and you can have anywhere from 20mb storage to 200mb storage with unlimited email. Also hosts your domains, instead of using a subdomain of theirs.
Absolutely Free Web Host!
A nice, free web host. Gives sub-domains, email, ftp accounts, MySQL Databases, and you can have anywhere from 20mb storage to 200mb storage with unlimited email. Also hosts your domains, instead of using a subdomain of theirs.
Free Proxies – Stay Invisible Online
StayInvisible.com is a daily updated list of really functioning free public proxy servers plus proxy related information and tools.
The White Shirt Experiment
THIS IS AMAZING. Follow the directions on this site, and you will be amazed to see how your brain works. Follow the directions exactly.
Microsoft offers Web version of MSN Messenger.
MSN Web Messenger lets you talk online and in real-time with friends and family using just a web browser! Use it on any shared computer – at school, at work, at a friend’s house or anywhere you can’t install the MSN Messenger software.
NASA starts using Bittorrent
World Wind, a software that lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth is being offered for download using Bittorrent technology. This is possibly the first time the US Government is using the technology.
Extreme Gmail Forums
In Extreme Gmail Forums, you can find tips, tricks, tools and latest news about this email service. Besides Gmail, you can share information on other web-related topics such as security, software, browsers and peer2peer programs. Gamers and Webmasters looking for latest releases and updates
PPC Theme because I digg Digg.com
Digg.com is a great community supported website, that the place to go for news, deals, and latest info on this tech world of ours.
I have created a PocketPC Theme for Diggers, or is it Diggites, from the Digg logo. If you like it, let me know.
Locate32: Desktop File Search Done Old School
This program saves names of all files in your hard drives to file database. After that you can locate files. Very fast.
Not as slick as Googles and MSN, but it will fully index file names on local AND network drives and return results in a standard windows explorer interface, Unlike MSN and Googles DTS.