New look google talk

New google talk out, with display pictures and chat 'themes' - great new version, check it out.

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Western Digital 6GB Hard Drive the Size of a Zippo!!

This little hard drive is the size of a matchbox and is connected to your computer using a USB plug. Pretty amazingly small for a hard drive. Only $129 dollars too.

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Learn CSS Positioning in Ten Steps

his tutorial examines the different layout properties available in CSS: position:static, position:relative, position:absolute, and float.

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HOW TO - Set Up Your Own Personal Wikipedia

Gina writes: "The software that runs Wikipedia, called MediaWiki, is freely available for anyone to install. Today we'll set up MediaWiki on your Windows PC and get started with a video demonstration on how to add, edit and compare page revisions in your new, local personalpedia."

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Your Xbox Birth Certificate

Built entirely in flash, this application gives you information about your xbox based on your serial number. Where it was made, when it was made, and most importantly for people looking for mod chips, what version your xbox is.

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Google patents free Wi-Fi

The search-engine giant has developed and patented three technologies for offering wireless Internet access, and advertising, free of charge.

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Toshiba's First Gaming Laptop: The Satellite P105-S921

For $1999, the P105-S921 offers excellent performance that comes courtesy of a 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo T2400 processor with 1GB of DDR memory and a 160GB hard drive. The 17-inch display with TruBrite technology is another nice feature. Availability has not yet been announced for this 7.2-pound laptop.

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64GB USB 2.0 flash drive. Yes, flash.

Insanely huge storage for a flash drive that size. Yes, it is 6-4, sixty four, gigabytes, of flash memory. This dwarfs many hard disk based portable usb drives as well, and at a fraction of the size. Imagine a 60 gigs flash based iPod..

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Over 700 Web 2.0 Sites Reviewed by hand

These guys reviewed over 700 web 2.0 websites and then categorized 300 of them with rewards and so on. There are also great interviews with big names such as Craig Newmark from Craig's List.

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Portable Cell Phone Jammer blocks any frequency in a 1km radius

The CJAM 1000 bomb beater. This, is an über powerful portable cellular jamming device that lets you stop pagers, cell phones, wi-fi or any other microwave frequency for up to 1 km around your location. You can activate it remotely and it comes with a fingerprint option to prevent little Johnny triggering it at an inopportune moment.

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Video: LED car rims display digital image while driving

I'm not huge into "pimping" my ride, but this is just cool. These rims can display an image on your rims while you drive. This video pretty much sums it all up. You can create custom images and change them while driving.

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PSP Cell Phone and Keyboard Attachments Patents Filed (pic)

No word on a release date, but engadget is reporting that it appears that Sony has filed for a cell phone and keyboard attachment for the PSP. If so, here's to hoping Sony brings in VOIP and IM capabilities for the PSP!

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100% CSS Rounded Corners WITH anti-aliasing. No images. No JavaScript.

Spiffy Corners is a simple way to generate the CSS and HTML you need to create anti-aliased corners without using images or javascript.

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Sony confirms PS3 controller redesign

Sony confirms PS3 controller redesign

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Configuring a free VPN solution in your home

A very nice and easy walkthrough/screenshot article on configuring an XP machine as a VPN server, configuring a linksys router and windows firewall to allow the VPN and configuring a VPN client to connect to the server. Great for anyone needing secure file sharing capability from their office to their home.

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Insanely Small Micro Hard Drive (pic)

About the size of a postage stamp - Mounting dimensions are 0.94 1.26-inches, with a thickness of 0.197-inches. The drive uses 0.12-Watts in standby and 0.60-Watts during write operations. Running on 3.0-Volts, it has one platter, two heads, and a 3600rpm rotational speed.

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The $10,000 Dell PC

STARTING at $9930, the PC has a Pentium Extreme Edition processor that has been overclocked from 3.73 to 4.26 GHz, 2GB DDR2-667 memory, a 160 GB 10,000 RPM WD Raptor as well as a second WD 400 GB 7200 RPM hard drive. PC also comes with a FOUR GeForce 7900 GTX graphics processors with a total of 2 GB of GDDR3 memory.

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Bloggers Gang sign LOLRZ

I get finger cramps from just looking at it .. not sure how cool it looks until you have your fingers in the right position, but it sure looks cool once they are.

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PortaPuTTY - Portable Putty for USB

Finally, someone has hacked the venerable PuTTY ssh client to store its settings in the filesystem rather than the registry. That means, settings are easily copied to other machines and especially your USB flash drive.

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Team Xecuter to Release Xbox 360 Exploit

Team Xecuter is in the final stages in releasing a DVD firmware patcher for the PC that will allow anyone to flash their Xbox 360 DVD drive and enable backups, without a modchip!

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Caller ID on your Xbox Media Center (Including Screenshot)

The combination of this free xAP Smart Home Software and the Meteor Caller ID hardware allows CID information to pop up on your XBox Media Center...

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WinXP and OSX dual boot in MacBook Pro

I downloaded the patch and followed the instructions. It's quite easy to install. I've posted the photos of major installation sequence and some problems I encountered.

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Video of Xbox 360 Hacked

"A while ago we brought to you news about how the Xbox 360 firmware routines were still intact.. Months of hard work have come to an end, with the Xbox 360 firmware being well and truly hacked, the security details posted a few days ago are said to be proof as well as a video, this hack will not be made available publicly it seems."

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PS3 to ship with Linux - Official

...In addition to running Linux from its hard-drive, the PS3 is expected to be available with various Linux-based productivity packs that turn the game into a computing appliance for special applications such as digital video editing.

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Front Row Not Good Enough? Install Windows MCE on Intel iMac

Missing Front Row now that you've installed Windows XP on your Intel iMac? AirmanPika from the OSx86 Project forums has cooked up a patch to install Windows Media Center Edition 2005 on his iMac, and shared it with the world. Now even when you've booted to Windows you can enjoy a rich media experience. (Download and Screenshots)

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Archos AV700 includes 7" screen, dual digital tuners, DVR, 40GB HDD

The ante has been raised once again by Archos. Apparently since they know they can't easily win over the iPod crowd, they are making sure they pack in the goods!

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A Mixed Reality Interface - Very amazing concept!

Check out this video, it shows an interface where in realtime 3D animated objects on a screen interact with the users.

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Shuttle's sexy new Mini-PC

Move over Mac Mini, the new Shuttle X100 packs an Intel Core Duo T2400 processor, ATI 3D-graphics accelerator, SATA II hard disk, slimline optical drive into a package approximately A4 paper sized!

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10 Best Security Live CD Distros (Pen-Test, Forensics & Recovery)

A summary of the 10 best LiveCD distributions dealing with security (pen testing, forensics & recovery). With links to download and a little information about each one.

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Microsoft Confirms it Originated iPod Box Parody Video

Microsoft spokesman Tom Pilla on Tuesday confirmed with iPod Observer that his company initiated the creation of the iPod packaging parody video.

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BAMBIOS to allow Windows on Intel Macs!

A few researchers from IBM are working on a new BIOS emulator for EFI based on the Boch's x86 emulator. This BIOS emulator is essentially an EFI application which serves to load and execute an emulated BIOS for older operating systems, including Windows, to use.

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Pimp your Mac Mini!

Lifehacker pimps out a mac mini they way it should! A pretty cool article showing a bunch of cool ways to upgrade, hack and modify your little machine into the coolest computer in your home.

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Paste an email, get Google map visual trace of the route

Those crazy ( http://digg.com/software/Google_map_of_open_webcam_s ) Goocam people did it again: paste in an email and they plot it on google maps.

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WinXP on a Mac! Finally!

So it appears, someone has cracked the Mac. Sources indicate that a solution has been submitted for review to claim the now $12,000 prize. Furthermore, it appears the source is enlisting additional testers. Guess, its not impossible after all!

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Google Launches "Google Mars"

Google has just launched a new service called "Google Mars" that lets you browse the martian land just as you would with Google Maps.

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Knoppix 5

The so awaited version 5 of Knoppix has been introduced in Cebit 2006. Finally eh?

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Apple Mac Mini Overclocking Guide w/pics (Hi-Res)

Guide to overclock the Mac Mini G4 step-by-step with nice pics. BTW, G4 Minis can be found cheap at the usual sites, and this mod can bring the G4 closer to the new more expensive Intel ones.

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PHP & AJAX: Upload Progress Meter! (for file uploads in forms)

This is very cool and extremely handy. If you've ever coded a form which requires a file upload, you'll find this helpful. Plus, it keeps the unexperienced end-user entertained and appeased during the upload process (so that they don't interrupt the load time).

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Microsoft finally unveils its Origami Project RIGHT NOW!

With powerful processors, big, bright displays, easy input options, and support for the latest connectivity standards, Ultra-Mobile PCs are ready for your life on the go.

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Real Google Calendar (aka CL2) Screenshots + Info.

TechCrunch scored a bunch of exclusive screenshots of Google's upcoming calendar application. It's apparently a long way away from launch.

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WetPaint technology preview

WetPaint just de-cloaked, showing off their new wiki/blog mashup tech. Slick!

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Pixoh

Edit pictures online easily.

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How To: Kubuntu Wireless

This guide tell you how to get wireless working on Kubuntu; step by step through use of ndiswrapper.

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Google GDrive isn't a rumor

Google themselves have acknowledged that a GDrive is in development. Soon we will be able to use our G: to save and access files remotely.

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Possibly the fastest way to publish information online

This AJAX based site lets you post any text and then creates a short url for you...without even logging in. And you can choose your own urls too. Quick and neat.

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Mac OS X hacked in less than 30 minutes

Gaining root access to a Mac is "easy pickings," according to an individual who in less than 30 minutes won an OS X hacking challenge last month by gaining root control of a machine using an unpublished security vulnerability.

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List of Free Icons for use on your website / in your application

A growing list of completely free (GPL, CC, LGPL) icon sets that you can use on your website, in your blog, or in your application. No royalties, no cost -- free.

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Never pay a cell phone termination fee ever again.

What is the little known secret to getting out of your cell phone contract early without paying a termination fee? Make your carrier lose money by keeping you.

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Ubuntu Lite

Ubuntu Lite is a unofficial Ubuntu project aimed at letting users with older PCs run Ubuntu Linux. Low amounts of memory and slow CPUs alike can now use the most popular Linux distro.

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Opening up the Intel Mac Mini

Macworld cracks open a new Intel-based Mac mini. The internals are an extremely tight fit and guess what - the RAM slots are no longer easily accessible. Looks like you'll have to buy one fully stocked from the beginning...

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Mac Mini Core Duo 1.66Ghz Benchmarks. OpenGL over 2x Faster than G4

I just ran XBench on my new stock standard Core Duo Mac Mini and uploaded the stats to XBench. The new model destroys the old one, and OpenGL performance is over 2x better than the G4 Mac Mini. Maybe the Intel GMA950 Is not so bad? 1080P trailers from trailers.apple.com run without dropping any frames also.

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The new Macmini is the perfect HDTV HTPC

The new Macmini is everything I hoped it would be. Here is why it is perfect as a HTPC. It has more than enough power, support HDTV outputs and SPDIF outputs. Not to mention a remote!

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