Man Uses iPhone App To Help Thwart Burglars
Can you imagine watching thieves break into your house? Last week, Vince Hunter from Dallas found himself in this situation while visiting family 1,500 miles away in Connecticut. While pumping gas, Hunter received a text message to alert him that the motion detectors in his house had been activated. Because Hunter’s house had been broken into before, he decided to invest in an elaborate security system. This system includes three different cameras which can stream surveillance video to any computer. Thanks
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Sony's N100 Network Media Player Streams Local And Network Content
At this point, there's no difficulty in finding a media player for your HDTV. You've got plenty of options, from Roku to Popcorn Hour to everywhere in between. But up until this point, Sony has managed to stay mostly out of this up and coming sector. But the company that has spent the majority of their time lately pushing 3D is finally moving forward with their own set-top box, the Netbox SMP-N100. It's a networked media player, which means that it can pull content from local USB sources as well as network hard
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New Details Emerge On Microsoft's XBox 360 "Fusion" Processor
One of the ways that Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo gradually reduce the price of consoles is by adopting increasingly advanced manufacturing technologies that reduce the size and power consumption of the console's components. Microsoft has combined both the CPU and GPU inside the XBox 360 S into a single chip configuration; details on the new design are starting to leak. The XBox 360 is an infamous example of the problems manufacturers can encounter when pushing the performance envelope—the initial XBox
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NVIDIA Offering Free Copies of Mafia II With Most GeForce GTX 400 Series Cards
We just got word of a promo NVIDIA is running that will put a copy of Mafia II into the hands of new GeForce GTX 465, 470, and 480 owners. Here’s the full scoop straight from NVIDIA... "Starting this week across the US and EMEA, you can now get a free copy of the smash hit game Mafia II with the purchase of a GeForce GPU, GTX 465 and higher! That’s right, a copy of Mafia II for free! We here at NVIDIA are super excited about the incredible experience that can be realized when playing on a GeForce
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HotHardware Video Podcast – Aug. 27, 2010
After a short hiatus, we’re finally back again this week with a brand new video podcast to talk about some recent developments in the hardware and technology scenes. Topics in this episode include Intel’s dual-core Atom D525 and Core i7 970 netbook and desktop processors, AMD’s upcoming low-power Bobcat and high-end Bulldozer CPU microarchitectures, Apple’s scary patent application, a peek of the Dell Streak, and more… Show Notes: 0:20 - Intel Atom D525 Dual-Core Processor
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Good news everyone!
I just ordered a new computer today from CyberpowerPC, here are the specs below!
*BASE_PRICE: [+825]
CAS: Thermaltake Armor A60 Gaming Mid-Tower Case with SideClick EasySwap and SSD Support [-12]
CASUPGRADE: 12in Cold Cathode Neon Light [+10] (Blue Color)
CS_FAN: Maximum 120MM Color Case Cooling Fans for your selected case [+15] (Blue Color)
CPU: [Special] Intel® Core™ i7-950 3.06 GHz 8M Intel Smart Cache LGA1366 [Ship after 8/28]
CD: Sony 24X Double Layer Dual Format DVD+-R/+-RW + CD-R/RW Drive [+3] (BLACK COLOR)
CARE1: Ultra Enhanced Packaging Solution - Protect Your Dream System During Transit [+19]
CARE2: Professional Wiring for All WIRING Inside The System Chassis - Minimize Cable Exposure, Maximize Airflow in Your System [+19]
FAN: Asetek 510LC Liquid Cooling System 120MM Radiator & Fan (Enhanced Cooling Performance + Extreme Silent at 20dBA)
HDD: 1TB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16MB Cache 7200RPM HDD (Single Hard Drive)
KEYBOARD: Xtreme Gear (Black Color) Multimedia/Internet USB Keyboard
MOUSE: GigaByte GM-M6800 Dual Lens Optical Gaming Mouse [+13]
MOTHERBOARD: * (3-Way SLI Support) GigaByte GA-X58A-UD5 Intel X58 Chipset SLI/CrossFireX Ultra Durable™3 DDR3/1600 ATX Mainboard w/7.1 Dolby Audio,eSATA,Dual GbLAN, USB3.0, 2 x SATA-III RAID,IEEE1394a,4 Gen2 PCIe,2 PCIe X1 &1 PCI [+150]
MEMORY: 6GB (2GBx3) DDR3/1600MHz Triple Channel Memory Module (Corsair or Major Brand)
NETWORK: Onboard Gigabit LAN Network
OS: None - FORMAT HARD DRIVE ONLY (I've already got Win7 64-bit on standby)
POWERSUPPLY: 700 Watts - XtremeGear SLI/CrossFireX Ready Power Supply [+36] (Just because of a lack of cash, if I plan to upgrade to to multiple video cards all I need is to upgrade by a few hundred watts)
RUSH: NO; READY TO SHIP IN 5~10 BUSINESS DAYS
SERVICE: STANDARD WARRANTY: 3-YEAR LIMITED WARRANTY PLUS LIFE-TIME TECHNICAL SUPPORT
SOUND: HIGH DEFINITION ON-BOARD 7.1 AUDIO
SPEAKERS: Logitech Z313 2.1 DT speaker [+48]
USB: Built-in USB 2.0 Ports
VIDEO: ATI Radeon HD 5870 1GB GDDR5 16X PCIe Video Card [+378] (Major Brand Powered by ATI)
I'm pretty stoked right now, when UPS delivers it to my house I'll take some pics, and then some finally pics once they get set up in my dorm.
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NVIDIA Offering Free Copies of Mafia II With Most GeForce GTX 400 Series Cards
We just got word of a promo NVIDIA is running that will put a copy of Mafia II into the hands of new GeForce GTX 465, 470, and 480 owners. Here’s the full scoop straight from NVIDIA..."Starting this week across the US and EMEA, you can now get a free copy of the smash hit game Mafia II with the purchase of a GeForce GPU, GTX 465 and higher! That’s right, a copy of Mafia II for free!
We here at NVIDIA are super excited about the incredible experience that can be realized when playing on a GeForce GPU. With a strong integration of NVIDIA PhysX technology and support for multi-display configurations including NVIDIA 3D Vision Surround (3D) and NVIDIA Surround (2D), only GeForce users can fully immerse themselves into the realistic worlds of Mafia II created by the top-notch game designers at 2K.
To celebrate the launch of Mafia II and the gaming goodness it provides to GeForce owners, NVIDIA is offering a coupon code good for one FREE digital download of the complete PC version of Mafia II with the purchase of any qualifying NVIDIA GeForce GTX 465 and above. The offer will be available while supplies last."
The offer is available at these online locations in the US: TigerDirect, MWave, and NewEgg. And in Canada at NCIX.
For general information on this special promotion, you can also visit this page at NVIDIA's website.
For general information on this special promotion, you can also visit this page at NVIDIA's website.
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THE END OF THE INTERNET As We Know It Starts NEXT MONTH!
"The End Of The Internet As We Know It Starts Next Month!!!
Postby PandoraBoX » Thu Aug 26, 2010 9:48 pm
Countries want anti-counterfeit trade deal in September | Reuters
Yes. You read that right. The Anti-Counterfeit-Trade-Agreement is coming within the next month. With this America, EU, Australia, Canada, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea and Switzerland will all impose idiotic and backwards ways of trying to "stop" copyright infringement.
Probably the biggest effort to "stop" copyright infringement is the "Three Strikes" policy. Under this policy, if your ISP (Internet Service Provider) accuses you of copyright infringement three (3) times, you lose total access to the internet and will go to jail. That is right. Total access to the internet. You will not be able to pay bills through it. Use it for research of any kinda. Be able to shop on the internet. You will be completely barred from the internet. And your possession of copyrighted material doesn't even need to be proved. It is all accusation based.
The worst part of this? It is an international Trade-Agreement. It does not have to go through Congress to pass. As the article says:
U.S. officials have said they do not expect the agreement to require changes to U.S. law so it would not have to be approved by Congress.
If President Obama wants to pass it, all he has to do is sign it and it will be law. And all international treaties/TA are above the laws and constitutions of your country.
So...
How does this affect YOU?
Well, answer these things:
Do you have more than 3 images saved to your HDD?
If so, you are breaking ACTA. Chances are those images are copyrighted, and you have not payed for the rights to have that image saved your hard drive
Have you even ripped songs from a CD, for any reason?
If you, you are, again, breaking ACTA. According to the RIAA, ripping songs from a CD for any reason is "against the wishes of the author", and you are breaking the copyright.
Have you ever ripped a movie to your computer for any reason?
Same as above, really
Do you have any EMUs/ROMs on your computer?
You are breaking ACTA! Yay!
Do you have any pirated material on your computer?
Pretty self-explanatory.
So, what can you do?
You can join the fight:
Internet Freedom Movement | For the Freedom of the Internet - Information is Free
Anti-ACTA.com | Part of The Internet Freedom Movement
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Sources:
Countries want anti-counterfeit trade deal in September | Reuters
Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Past texts of ACTA
This is real, and its happening soon. Tell everyone you know, spread the word. We have to stop this insanity.
-Thanks hastypickle1
-Text by Twinke man (:"
Everybody open this site : Anti-ACTA.com | Tribomb
and let it refresh as (idle on the web browser as a tab) and support the awareness, post everywhere and tell everyone to open that site! Leave it open as long as possible! and continue to do so!
"EDIT: It appears as though the EU has passed a resolution demanding more transparency in ACTA
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/n...praises-it.ars
The commission also says that it will be doing its best to not let the "3-strike rule" pass. So props to the EU. Still doesn't change the fact that ACTA is ridiculous and wrong, but at least it shows not everyone is that crazy. And its crazy that the thing is so secret the people voting on it don't have a clue about what it is or what it does."
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Woot 3 Million mark
I just turned the 3 million mark
Get ready larac you got a week and your going down. 
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The fast and sporty British cars began to really take off when the Triumph came out with the TR2 in 1953. At the time Triumph produced some of the most sought after cars in the world. The United States fell in love with it and soon began seeking other British sports cars.
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New Details Emerge On Microsoft's XBox 360 "Fusion" Processor
One of the ways that Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo gradually reduce the price of consoles is by adopting increasingly advanced manufacturing technologies that reduce the size and power consumption of the console's components. Microsoft has combined both the CPU and GPU inside the XBox 360 S into a single chip configuration; details on the new design are starting to leak. The XBox 360 is an infamous example of the problems manufacturers can encounter when pushing the performance envelope—the initial XBox consoles weren't designed with sufficient thermal tolerances which lead to the infamous RROD (Red Rings of Death). It's been several years since Microsoft patched that particular problem, but the new XBox 360 S marks the first time the console's Xenon CPU and ATI-built GPU have been built on the same die. What makes this particular fused processor so interesting is the inherent difficulty of its creation. When AMD and Intel set out to design their single-chip hybrids, they control all the IP for both parts and have experience in designing modular components. For IBM and Microsoft, collaborating on the new XBox 360 processor wasn't so simple. In order to build the two designs on a single die, IBM had to first flip its core design 90 degrees become intimately familiar with the ATI-designed GPU core, and then build a fused core that exhibited exactly the same latencies, intra-chip communication speed, and real-world performance.
That's where the "FSB Replacement" block in the diagram above comes in. Ordinarily, a CPU designer would crow over the latency advantage inherent to moving additional components on-die. In this case, however, the introduction of any change—even a change that should improve performance—could be detrimental to a game. Unlike in computing, games are often coded 'to the metal,' which means they're written to take specific advantage of unique functions (and often errata) of a particular type of processor. Ironically, this means that preserving the bugs of a chip when moving from one process technology to another is critical. To that end, there's the FSB replacement, whose job it is to introduce the appropriate latencies. Note that while the CPU and GPU are built into a single chip, the core's 10MB of EDRAM actually sits on package. This almost certainly reduces cost; building 10MB of on-package cache would've significantly increased die size and forced IBM to throw out an entire core if the 10MB chip was flawed.
Compared to the original XBox 360, the new chip uses 60 percent less power and 50 percent less space. Given the fact that MS and Sony have both implied their consoles have a multi-year future ahead of them, we could see at least one more die shrink to 28nm technology before this generation runs out of life. For an unrelated (but timely) bit of news on how subtle differences between consoles can impact game performance, Shacknews has a recent story on how gamers using certain older XBox 360's ran into stuttering problems and slow cutscenes when watching the intro to Shank. According to the game developers:
"The first is that it appears that older Xbox 360's have slower disc access rates, so the opening cinematic chugs, and loading between levels takes longer - when we tested this on development kits, this never came up so that took us completely by surprise, and we're looking into it. Note that the actual game experience is not affected in any way."
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HotHardware Video Podcast – Aug. 27, 2010
After a short hiatus, we’re finally back again this week with a brand new video podcast to talk about some recent developments in the hardware and technology scenes. Topics in this episode include Intel’s dual-core Atom D525 and Core i7 970 netbook and desktop processors, AMD’s upcoming low-power Bobcat and high-end Bulldozer CPU microarchitectures, Apple’s scary patent application, a peek of the Dell Streak, and more…0:20 - Intel Atom D525 Dual-Core Processor
2:56 -Â AMD Bobcat and Bulldozer CPU Microarchitecture
5:32 - Intel Core i7-970 Processor Review, Lower Cost 6-Core
7:54 - Apple's Scary Patent Application
11:55 -Â Dell Streak Sneak Peek
12:37 - NVIDIA and HH Just Cause 2 Giveaway, Just Cuz
13:11 - HH and MSI Lazy Days Of Summer Sweepstakes
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Sony's N100 Network Media Player Streams Local And Network Content
At this point, there's no difficulty in finding a media player for your HDTV. You've got plenty of options, from Roku to Popcorn Hour to everywhere in between. But up until this point, Sony has managed to stay mostly out of this up and coming sector. But the company that has spent the majority of their time lately pushing 3D is finally moving forward with their own set-top box, the Netbox SMP-N100.It's a networked media player, which means that it can pull content from local USB sources as well as network hard drives and the Internet. There isn't a Blu-ray player bundled in here, but there is support for DivX and MKV, along with a bunch of other standard file formats. The main exception is that this box isn't capable of streaming Hulu or relying on Boxee, so two of the most prominent Internet sources are nowhere to be found. That may be a deal-breaker for some, but considering that Sony is planning to release Hulu Plus to their stable of BRAVIA Internet Televisions later this year, that support may be added here in due time.
Specs include USB, 802.11n Wi-Fi, DLNA support, Ethernet, HDMI output, composite jacks and digital audio. Pricing is expected at around $130, but you may want to hold out a little bit to see if that Hulu support is ever added.
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