
Mitsubishi HD Display At Cowboys Stadium Is World's Largest (By A Country Mile)
These days, almost every company is claiming to have the "world's best" something. It used to seem relatively special to hear that some firm had accomplished a feat that no one else on the planet had done, but today, it's more commonplace than ever before. Regardless of all that, we can assure anyone that viewed last night's Monday Night Football matchup that the Dallas Cowboys actually have a record worth swooning over.The absolutely mammoth display that hangs about the new Cowboys Stadium in Texas stretches
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MSI's P55-GD80 Used To Overclock 2.8GHz Core i7 To 5.39GHz
With a little knowledge, a sprinkle of liquid nitrogen and a few BIOS tweaks, the sky really is the limit when it comes to overclocking. If you don't believe us, maybe you'll believe MSI. The company has just announced that its P55 mainboard series (the P55-GD80) has helped to set a world record of over 5.3GHz. Specifically, the Xtreme Speed P55 was used by Coolaler in order to overclock an Intel Core i7 860 processor (2.8GHz in its stock performance), and the results were obviously impressive. All told, the
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Toshiba Introduces Sleek And Slim Satellite T100 Series
Toshiba unveiled the Toshiba Satellite T100 Series, a new class of ultra-thin laptops that offer all-day battery life and an affordable starting price of $449.99. Designed to feature the comfort and convenience of a standard laptop in an ultra-thin package, the new Satellite T100 Series measures less than one inch thick and weighs as little as 3.5 pounds. The laptops also offer full-sized keyboards and full-sized Touch Pads with Multi-touch Control. The Satellite T100 Series will include two models with
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Secret Service Investigating "Kill Obama" Facebook Poll
The Secret Service is investigating a Facebook poll which had been posted Saturday and was taken down Monday morning after the Secret Service alerted Facebook. The poll asked "Should Obama be killed?" The responses included: yesmaybeif he cuts my health carenoYou can see an image of the now-deleted poll above. It shows that at least at one point there were over 700 votes. Here is a statement from Facebook:“The third-party application that enabled an individual user to create the offensive poll was brought to
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TomTom Intros 2nd Connected PND, The TomTom XL 340S LIVE
TomTom's Live connected service is making its way onto the XL series in the new TomTom XL 340S LIVE. The new TomTom XL 340S LIVE will likely feature many of the popular features found on the original model, including IQ Routes, TomTom MapShare, Advanced Lane Guidance, and text-to-speech. It will also have LIVE features such as fuel price updates, local Google Search, real-time traffic information, weather forecasts, and a feature called QuickGPS Fix which is suppose to speed up satellite location. AT&T's
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web1.2 Released; Includes Paid Apps Support
Sure, it was leaked a couple of weeks ago, so we knew to some extent what was coming, but it wasn't until Monday that webOS 1.2 was officially released. The big news is (finally) support for paid apps in the App Catalog, but besides that, Palm notes a bunch of new features (and doesn't tell us about all the bugs they fixed): Filter emails in the current folder just by typing a search term. Download files in the browser.Amazon MP3 Store can now download songs from either WiFi or WAN. Tap a phone number in a calendar
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QNAP NMP-1000 Combines Set-top Player & NAS Server
Perhaps best known for its Network Attached Storage (NAS) servers, QNAP recently introduced a new network appliance that combines a set-top player with a NAS server. The new NMP-1000 Network Multimedia Player's internal hard drive and software can catalog digital pictures, videos, music, and other content from computers on the home network. The player can also play those files back in the home theater using the included remote control. The NMP-1000 has HDMI, component, composite, and S-Video interfaces. It connects
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AAA's New Goal: Driving-While-Texting Ban In All 50 States
AAA has declared war on drexting. Declaring that texting while driving is a "dangerous distraction," the automobile club has announced a campaign to get it banned in all 50 states.Already, 18 states and Washington, D.C., have enacted such bans, New Jersey and California among them.AAA supported the push for a nationwide ban with research from the Auto Club of Southern California that showed the state's ban, enacted in January, appears to be reducing the number of people texting while driving. According to the
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Lenovo ThinkStation S20 Workstation, Tested, Burned-In
Today we have a new Intel Xeon W3540-based Lenovo workstation – the ThinkStation S20 - on our bench for some testing. Some of you may be wondering what a “workstation†really is. Well, it’s a term more commonly used in a business environment, especially one in which CAD/CAM design, 3D rendering or high performance computing occurs, and it basically just refers to a higher-end desktop or laptop. In the environments we’ve worked in, we’ve heard workstations referred as high-end desktops or laptops, tech PCs, and
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The App Store Hits Two Billion Downloads
One has to wonder, given the growth of App Store downloads for the iPhone and iPod touch, if the App Store could ever pass McDonald's in terms of those "served." Obviously, it would seem eating would outdo even the iPhone, but still, you never know ... at any rate, on Monday, Apple announced App Store downloads have surpassed 2 billion, and applications are now at 85,000. To imagine the pace at which downloads are happening, remember the numbers Apple gave at the new iPod announcement on Sept. 9th, Apple reported
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Lenovo ThinkStation S20 Workstation Review
IBM has been a name synonymous with computers and technology for nearly 30 years. That point alone leaves little doubt as to why Lenovo moved to acquire IBM’s Personal Computing Division in 2004. When the acquisition was finalized in 2005, Lenovo instantly became a global PC leader. Over the past four years, Lenovo has worked hard to become a household name. With slick product lines, like the IdeaPad, ThinkPad and the IdeaCentre, that goal is gradually becoming a reality. One place where Lenovo probably hasn’t
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QNAP NMP-1000 Combines Set-top Player & NAS Server
The NMP-1000 has HDMI, component, composite, and S-Videointerfaces. It connects to the home network via wired Ethernet (it's also wirelessadapter ready). The player can handle full HD 1080p video. A wide range offormats for playing back digital pictures, videos, movies, and music aresupported.
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QNAP NMP-1000 Brings Networked Video, Audio, Digital Pictures
And Other Digital Content Into The Living Room
New Home Network Appliance Unique Blending of Set-top Box Player and NetworkedStorage
Capable of Delivering Cinema Quality Video and Audio to the Home Theater
"QNAP 's ground-breaking NMP-1000 Network MultimediaPlayer is the definitive product that bridges the gap between the home networkand the living room" said Meiji Chang, CEO of QNAP Systems, Inc."Users are clamoring to centrally store and enjoy all their digitalcontent in the living room and the NMP-1000 just fits the bill" Mr. Changadded.
The new NMP-1000 incorporates an internal hard disk drivethat easily catalogs digital pictures, videos, music, and other content fromcomputers on the home network and can effortlessly play them back in the hometheater with the included remote control.

The new NMP-1000 connects to the home network via wiredEthernet (wireless adapter ready) and to an HDTV via HDMI or Componentinterfaces, or Composite & S-Video interfaces for standard-def TVs. TheNMP-1000 is capable of playing back smooth Full HD 1080p video and crystalclear audio; turning digital picture slide shows, home videos, purchased content,and even shared iTunesآ® libraries into a viewing/listening experience worthy ofthe living room. Because the NMP-1000 is Internet connected via the homenetwork, you can even browse digital pictures & albums from Flickrâ„¢ orvideos from YouTubeâ„¢. The "10-foot" user interface makes it a snap toselect content for viewing with the included remote control, and the NMP-1000supports a very wide range of formats for playing back digital pictures,videos, movies, and music. Because the NMP-1000 incorporates technologies foundin its popular Turbo NAS servers, it can also be used to automatically backupcomputers on the network and also for easy file storage and sharing. TheNMP-1000 is equally at home on Windowsآ®, Macintoshآ®, Linux, and even UNIX-basedhome networks.
The NMP-1000 is fully DLNAâ„¢ compliant and features advancedtechnology including HDMI 1.3 support, powerful Sigma Designsآ® video/audiohardware decoders, and a host of advanced networking support hidden under thehood. Set-up and the overall user experience of the NMP-1000 are exceptionallyeasy and enjoyable.
Availability
The NMP-1000 is world widely available now. Please visit the QNAP websitefor additional product information and to locate a reseller or distributor. www.qnap.com
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Mitsubishi HD Display At Cowboys Stadium Is World's Largest (By A Country Mile)
The absolutely mammoth display that hangs about the new Cowboys Stadium in Texas stretches for what seems like miles, even though it's "only" 60 yards. Developed and produced by Mitsubishi Electric, the Diamond Vision display has been certified as the world's largest High-Definition Video Display by the folks at Guinness World Records.آ The world’s first four-sided, center-hung, high-definition video display in a stadium consists of four Diamond Visionآ® LED video screens, with the two main sideline displays measuring 72 feet high by 160 feet wide, and two Diamond Vision end-zone displays measuring 29 feet high by 51 feet wide. Weighing 600 tons, the screens are suspended 90 feet directly over the center of the playing surface and stretch from nearly one 20-yard line to the other. With a total viewing area of 11,393 square-feet, the Diamond Vision display is equal to 3,268 52" televisions, and has 10,584,064 LED lights.

So, does anyone plan on making the trek to Arlington to check this thing out in person? And better still, does anyone have special access? We'd love to see what Crysis looks like on a screen like this!
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AAA's New Goal: Driving-While-Texting Ban In All 50 States
AAA has declared war on drexting. Declaring that texting while driving is a "dangerous distraction," the automobile club has announced a campaign to get it banned in all 50 states.Already, 18 states and Washington, D.C., have enacted such bans, New Jersey and California among them.
AAAsupported the push for a nationwide ban with research from the AutoClub of Southern California that showed the state's ban, enacted inJanuary, appears to be reducing the number of people texting whiledriving. According to the research, in Orange County, researchers saw1.4 percent of drivers doing the deed before the law. Since then, just0.4 percent of drivers were observed texting. So either most peoplehave stopped or they've become better at hiding it.

AAA says texting while driving should be illegal everywhere...
A studyrecently released by the Michigan State Medical Society claimed thattexting while driving made it six times more dangerous. The societydeemed texting the most dangerous distraction because the NationalHighway Traffic Administration put all cell phone use at the top of thelist of distractions; the society said that included texting andtherefore made the act the most dangerous distraction.
AAA citedthe exponential increase in texting's popularity over the past fouryears: "According to the wireless industry trade association CTIA, thenumber of monthly text messages reached 110 billion at the end of2008-a more than 11-fold increase in three years."
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Lenovo ThinkStation S20 Workstation, Tested, Burned-In
Today we have a new Intel Xeon W3540-based Lenovo workstation – the ThinkStation S20 - on our bench for some testing. Some of you may be wondering what a “workstation†really is. Well, it’s a term more commonly used in a business environment, especially one in which CAD/CAM design, 3D rendering or high performance computing occurs, and it basically just refers to a higher-end desktop or laptop. In the environments we’ve worked in, we’ve heard workstations referred as high-end desktops or laptops, tech PCs, and technical workstations. In this context, workstations (at least the desktop variety) are frequently comprised of components you typically see in servers.In particular, the motherboards, memory and processors are often server class. It is also not uncommon to find workstations sporting high-end storage controllers and hard drives. The ThinkStation S20 we are evaluating today sports a 2.93GHz Intel Xeon W3540 processor, 4GB ECC DDR3 memory, a 500GB SATA hard drive, and an NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 video card. This Lenovo workstation is definitely packing some serious horsepower. Keep reading to see just how well this powerhouse performs.
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TomTom Intros 2nd Connected PND, The TomTom XL 340S LIVE
TomTom'sLive connected service is making its way onto the XL series in the new TomTomXL 340S LIVE. The new TomTom XL 340S LIVE will likely feature many of thepopular features found on the original model, including IQ Routes, TomTomMapShare, Advanced Lane Guidance, and text-to-speech. It will also have LIVE featuressuch as fuel price updates, local Google Search, real-timetraffic information, weather forecasts, and a feature called QuickGPS Fix whichis suppose to speed up satellite location. AT&T's network will providethe wireless data that powers TomTom's LIVE Service.
TomTom Unveils New Connected GPS, the TomTom XL 340S LIVE
New TomTom XL 340S LIVE first mid-range GPS to feature Local Searchpowered by Google and real-time traffic, now backed by AT&T network
“With the new TomTom XL 340S LIVE, we are bringing unrivaledquality and truly connected navigation to the mass market,†said JocelynVigreux, president of TomTom Inc. “Now backed by the strength of AT&T’snetwork, we’re giving drivers the very best foundation on which to enjoy arange of useful, real time services.â€
Local Search poweredby Google
The TomTom XL 340S LIVE features Local Search powered byGoogle. In addition to millions of Points of Interest that are pre-loaded onthe TomTom XL 340S LIVE, customers can also access countless shops andbusinesses via TomTom’s LIVE Services from wherever they are and navigatedirectly there.
Optimal Routing
The TomTom XL 340S LIVE enables users to always drive thesmartest and most efficient routes, whenever or wherever they go. The TomTom XL340S LIVE includes TomTom’s exclusive IQ Routes™ technology. It calculatesroutes based on historical speed measurements for every time of day and forevery road segment, from large highways to small local roads. In up to 35% ofall cases, drivers get a faster route, saving significant travel time, moneyand fuel.
Wireless Real-TimeTraffic Feeds
In addition to TomTom’s embedded IQ Routes technology, theXL 340S LIVE automatically and wirelessly receives real-time traffic speed andincident reports every two to five minutes. Traffic delays can be heard audiblyand are displayed on the screen. The driver can either choose to remain ontheir current route based on the new estimated time of arrival, or can takeadvantage of a faster, alternative route suggested by the device based on itsknowledge of current and historic traffic conditions.
TomTom LIVE Services
The TomTom XL 340S LIVE also comes with a range of otherrelevant services delivered directly â€کover-the-air.’ All LIVE Services workright out of the box via a built-in wireless modem. Three months of service isincluded in the box.
TomTom Fuel PriceService
Get the latest fuel prices on the go or in your area. Locatethe lowest priced fuel and navigate directly to it.
TomTom Weather
Receive local and five-day forecast so you can make plansbased on the latest weather and road conditions.
TomTom QuickGPSfixâ„¢
Locate satellites automatically and begin your trip evenfaster.
In addition to the above mentioned features, the new TomTomXL 340S LIVE comes with:
- Full maps of the US, Canada & Mexico
- Seven million points of interest, so users have access toinformation and location details of more restaurants, hotels, gas stations,etc. than ever before
- Advanced Lane Guidance for realistic representations ofcomplex highway junctions and lane-specific visual directions that take thestress out of navigating these otherwise challenging areas
The new TomTom XL 340S LIVE will be available in retailersacross the United States. The new TomTom XL 340S is priced at $299.95, whichincludes three months of LIVE Services.
For more information, please visit: www.tomtom.com
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Secret Service Investigating "Kill Obama" Facebook Poll
The Secret Service is investigating a Facebook poll which had been posted Saturday and was taken down Monday morning after the Secret Service alerted Facebook. The poll asked "Should Obama be killed?"The responses included:
- yes
- maybe
- if he cuts my health care
- no

You can see an image of the now-deleted poll above. It shows that at least at one point there were over 700 votes.
Here is a statement from Facebook:
“The third-party application that enabled an individual user to create the offensive poll was brought to our attention this morning. It was immediately suspended while the inappropriate content could be removed by the developer and until such time as the developer institutes better procedures to monitor their user-generated content. We’re working with the US Secret Service but they’ll need to provide any details of their investigation.â€The Secret Service naturally takes anything like this quite seriously, and is investigating. The Huffington Post noted that another user quickly created a poll asking "Should the creator of 'should Obama be killed' be arrested?"
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MSI's P55-GD80 Used To Overclock 2.8GHz Core i7 To 5.39GHz
Specifically, the Xtreme Speed P55 was used by Coolaler in order tooverclock an Intel Core i7 860 processor (2.8GHz in its stockperformance), and the results were obviously impressive. All told, theCPU hit a whopping 5.39GHz, which is 92% past its set frequency. So,anyone up for giving this guy a challenge?

World-renown mainboard and graphics card manufacturer, MSI, hasattracted the attention of major worldwide media and power users sincethe launch of its Xtreme Speed P55 mainboard series. Not only does thisseries boast a total feature set and specs, but the Xtreme Speed P55features many MSI-exclusive performance enhancing designs. The serieshas received wide media acclaim for its outstanding overclockingcapabilities, especially the P55 series’ flagship product, theP55-GD80. Featuring DrMOS, SuperPipe and OC Genie, this mainboard'soverclocking capabilities are truly amazing. The Taiwan overclocker,Coolaler, was able to overclock the Intel Core i7 860 CPU (2.8GHz)to5.39 GHz with MSI’s P55-GD80 mainboard, breaking the world record andpushing the processor 92% past its set frequency. This performancesurpasses the competition, and beautifully demonstrates MSI's P55series overclocking prowess.
The MSI P55-GD80 owes much of itsoutstanding overclocking ability to its equipped MSI-exclusivetechnologies, such as the one second auto-overclocking feature OCGenie, the SuperPipe cooling system that effectively drops theoperating temperature by 50آ°C, and 1>4 phase total DrMOS powersupply design. Other features include the real-time overclockingfunction Direct OC, BIOS update and backup feature M-Flash, Power eSATAthat acts as both a power source and an eSATA port, etc. These featurescoupled with the mainboard's spec set and performance make the MSIP55-GD80 the hottest P55 product around.
For more detailed information, please visit the URL below:
http://www.ripping.org/database.php?cpuid=1078
http://valid.canardpc.com/show_oc.php?id=724460
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i7-860 OC results and EVGA P55 reviews.
Title pretty much says it all.
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The App Store Hits Two Billion Downloads
One has to wonder, given the growth of App Store downloads for the iPhone and iPod touch, if the App Store could ever pass McDonald's in terms of those "served." Obviously, it would seem eating would outdo even the iPhone, but still, you never know ... at any rate, on Monday, Apple announced App Store downloads have surpassed 2 billion, and applications are now at 85,000.To imagine the pace at which downloads are happening, remember the numbers Apple gave at the new iPod announcement on Sept. 9th, Apple reported that the App Store had over 75,000 applications and 1.8 billion downloads. So in 19 days, the App Store has added over 10,000 apps and users have downloaded an additional 200 million applications. That's more than 10 million downloads a day during that timespan.
More numbers: last December, Apple announced the App Store had reached 300 million downloads. So over the last 9 - 10 months the downloads have nearly shot up sevenfold.
Apple also added that there are more than 50 million iPhone and iPod touch customers worldwide and over 125,000 developers in Apple’s iPhone Developer Program. In a statement, CEO Steve Jobs said:
“The rate of App Store downloads continues to accelerate with users downloading a staggering two billion apps in just over a year, including more than half a billion apps this quarter alone. The App Store has reinvented what you can do with a mobile handheld device, and our users are clearly loving it.â€Wait, "I'm lovin' it," isn't that an old McDonald's slogan? Another McDonald's coincidence. It's time to start a pool on the next billion downloads, we think.
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Toshiba Introduces Sleek And Slim Satellite T100 Series
Toshibaunveiled the Toshiba Satellite T100 Series, a new class of ultra-thin laptops that offer all-daybattery life and an affordable starting price of $449.99. Designed to featurethe comfort and convenience of a standard laptop in an ultra-thin package, thenew Satellite T100 Series measures less than one inch thick and weighs aslittle as 3.5 pounds. آ The laptops alsooffer full-sized keyboards and full-sized Touch Pads with Multi-touch Control.The Satellite T100 Series will include two models withdifferent screen sizes and various color options. The Satellite T135 features a13.3-inch diagonal widescreen display and will be available with Toshiba’sFusion Finish in Nova Red, Nova Black, and Nova White. The Satellite T115offers an 11.6-inch diagonal widescreen display and will be available in NovaRed and Nova Black.

These laptops are equipped with Windows 7 Home Premium, Intelultra-low voltage processors, spacious hard drives, DDR3 memory, and numerous expansionports, including HDMI-out. Wireless N technology and Bluetooth are availableon select models. Toshiba also notes that the new Satellite T100 Series laptopshave extremely fast resume from standby times and power-saving enhancementsthat can deliver up to 9 hours of battery life.
Other noteworthy features include a HardDrive Impact Sensor that helps protect your data from the daily bumps ofmobile life and a USB port with Sleep-and-Chargetechnology to enable you to charge your electronics even when the laptop isturned off. You can use the built-in Webcam with FaceRecognition for hassle-free login as well as live chat.
The new laptops are designed to be environmentally consciousand feature a power-efficient, mercury-free LED backlit display. They are also RoHScompatible and meet the requirements of the EnergyStar 5.0 standard. The SatelliteT135 and Satellite T115 have achieved Electronic Product EnvironmentalAssessment Tool (EPEAT) Gold status.
The Toshiba Satellite T135 starts at a suggested retailprice of $599.99 while the Satellite T115 starts at $449.99 MSRP. Both models willbe available on October 22 at major retailers, e-tailers, and from Toshiba on toshibadirect.com.
More information about the Toshiba Satellite T100 Seriesconfigurations can be found at laptops.toshiba.com/laptops/Satellite/T100.

Features available onthe Toshiba Satellite T135 include:
- 13.3-inch diagonal widescreen HD TruBrite LED Backlitdisplay
- Windows 7 Home Premium operating system
- Intel Pentium SU4100 processor or Intel Pentium SU2700processor
- 3GB or 4GB DDR3 RAM, upgradeable to 8GB
- 250GB to 500GB (5400 RPM) HDD
- 802.11b/g/n wireless and 10/100 Ethernet
- Bluetooth V2.1 + EDR (available on select models)
- Toshiba Hard Drive Impact Sensor
- Touch Pad with Multi-touch Control
- Lightweight at only 3.88 lbs.
- Long-life 6-cell battery delivering up to 9 hours of batterylife
- One eSATA/USB combo port with USB Sleep-and-Charge and twoUSB 2.0 ports
- HDMI port
- Built-in Webcam with Toshiba Face Recognition, stereospeakers and microphone
- Toshiba PC Health Monitor
- 5-in-1 Memory Card Reader Slot

Features available onthe Toshiba Satellite T115 include:
- 11.6-inch diagonal widescreen HD TruBrite LED Backlitdisplay
- Windows 7 Home Premium operating system
- Intel Pentium processor SU4100 or Intel Celeron processor743
- 2GB DDR3 RAM, upgradeable to 4GB
- 250GB (5400 RPM) HDD
- 802.11b/g/n wireless 10/100 Ethernet
- Toshiba Hard Drive Impact Sensor
- Touch Pad with Multi-touch Control
- Lightweight at only 3.49 lbs.
- Long-life 6-cell battery delivering up to 9 hours of batterylife
- One eSATA/USB combo port with USB Sleep-and-Charge and twoUSB 2.0 ports
- HDMI port
- Built-in Webcam with Toshiba Face Recognition, stereospeakers and microphone
- Toshiba PC Health Monitor
- 5-in-1 Memory Card Reader Slot
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YouTube Video Converter
YouTube Video Downloader is a free tool to download your favorite videos from YouTube. You can download any video with just One Click!
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Best Video File Converter
HI THERE.
can someone please tell me what is the best program to use to convert video files from one format to another (eg: WMV to MPEG, AVI, DIVX etc)
i currently use WIN MOVIE MAKER 2 to save my digital vids from my panasonic gs70 3ccd dv camcorder to my pc, and now want to convert the WMV files to MPEG or AVI to burn to dvd.
i tried WinMPG video convert 5.4 but its only the trial version.
i have adobe premier on my pc, but its a bit complicated to use just for doing basic editing and vid transfers, movie maker allows me to Do some very good basic editing, but doesnt allow me to save my digi vids to any other codec except WMV.
thanks again if anyone has some advice on this one.....GLEN
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web1.2 Released; Includes Paid Apps Support
Sure, it was leaked a couple of weeks ago, so we knew to some extent what was coming, but it wasn't until Monday that webOS 1.2 was officially released.The big news is (finally) support for paid apps in the App Catalog, but besides that, Palm notes a bunch of new features (and doesn't tell us about all the bugs they fixed):
- Filter emails in the current folder just by typing a search term.
- Download files in the browser.
- Amazon MP3 Store can now download songs from either WiFi or WAN.
- Tap a phone number in a calendar note to dial it
- Pause a podcast and, by default, you’ll pick up where you left off when you unpause.
- Web pages and emails are now cut-and-paste-able.
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