Screenshot Tour: Windows Vista Mail

Screenshot tour and overview

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Hack Attack: One-click DVD rips

LifeHacker Adam Pash has a great guide to rip DVDs so that you can watch them skip-free once you have it on your hard drive. It is also a great way to archive your video collection, and be able to watch them even when they great scratched or lost.

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How to Save a Wet Cell Phone

Ever dropped your cell phone in the sink, or even worse the toilet ? Did you ever leave it in your pocket and run it through the washer? It usually means you have to replace your phone, but sometimes if you're fast you can save the phone.

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Awesome Halloween Laptop Mod

Really cool laptop mod for Halloween.Check out the gleaming red LED's inside the skulls eyes - scary!

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Wireless HD specification due in 2007

Group of electronics companies is working on technology to transmit high-definition video and audio without cables.

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12 killer apps for palm pdas

Your Palm PDA can do a lot more than just contact and calendar management. Stock it with the right software and it can play music, stream RSS feeds, keep you entertained on the road, and even get you where you're going.

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$398 Laptop @ Wal*Mart Beginning November 5th

Possibly a hint of what is to come this Black Friday, but in the interim, Wal*Mart is offering a Sempron based laptop that is Vista ready beginning November 5th (more than two weeks prior to Black Friday)

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Sears Black Friday Ad Leaked Online

Another Black Friday ad was leaked! Sears has some pretty good deals this Black Friday - the main one mentioned was the Toshiba 42HP66 42" Widescreen Plasma HDTV for $1200 and all Craftsman tools on sale.

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Jack Black's Anti-Piracy PSA

This 'public service announcement' from Jack Black, international sensation, supermega rock and roll god and superstar, can be found on the website for the upcoming Tenacious D movie, but here is a direct link. Very funny stuff.

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Firefox 3.0 & 4.0 on the way

Mozilla is pushing ahead on work and planning for its next two major browser releases, Firefox 3.0 and 4.0. Firefox 2.0 was just released yesterday.

Firefox 3.0 is currently being developed under the code name Gran Paradiso and the current alpha release is code-named Minefield.

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Alienware Media Center PC

Known for its killer gaming PCs, Alienware is taking its line of Media Center machines to the next level....

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Firefox 2 Officially Released

The Mozilla.com website has been updated with download links, press release, and a post from Mozilla CEO Mitchell Baker about the official release of Firefox 2. Well done everyone.

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Create 3D Images out of 2D Pictures

This free software automatically constructs a 3D model, like those one would find in a children's book, out of a single outdoor image. It is simply amazing. A MUST SEE!

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Time Warner moves a step closer to networked DVR

Time Warner Cable is gradually rolling out a new feature called "Start Over." Available to its digital cable customers in certain areas, it allows viewers to backtrack to the beginning of selected shows and provides limited DVR-like functionality. Currently, the free service is available only on "'selected' shows on 'designated' channels,"

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ATX 2.0 is here! 8 Power Supplies Reviewed

If you haven't been keeping up on power supply standards, now is the time to catch up. ATX 2.0 is required for many systems today, along with EPS 12V. This article explains the standards, gives a basic overview on what PSU RAILS are all about, and goes on to review 8 of the latest power supplies.

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Microsoft's big nightmare: free online apps

A new generation of browsers is about to make Web applications better than downloadable desktop software.

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Fan Modding with LEDs

Giving an old fan new life.

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Cisco Unveils HD Video Conferencing System

Network equipment maker Cisco Systems on Sunday unveiled a high-definition video conferencing system that it says can grow into a billion-dollar business in five to seven years.

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ACTUAL difference between 720p v. 1080i v. 1080p

Simply put, for a 1080i/p game the console has 55% less time per pixel to render any special effects, anti-aliasing, illumination, etc. than for a 720p game.
Is it really harder for a developer to make a game for 1080p as opposed to 1080i? No.
Read on for more information

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Songbird 0.2 Released

Today, we proudly launch Songbird 0.2 "Developer Preview".
New in 0.2:

* Cross-platform support: Windows, Mac OS X and Linux
* Multi-language support: 30+ languages
* Play the Web: Play as you browse, Web pages as playlists
* Developer life-cycle tools: Doxygen, Trac, SVN

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List of CSS Tools

Huge List of CSS Tools : Fonts, Forms, Layout, Formatters and Optimizers

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Turn your iPod into a DVR (h.264); Record, Store, and Play your Video

iRecord is a one-touch unit that lets you record your favorite TV shows and movies directly to your iPod - no computer involved. Just plug your iPod into it, hit a button, and you're recording 3 hours per gigabyte of h.264 video and AAC audio to your iPod

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(Photos) Guy Plays Quake 3 while Computer is being Deep Fried w/Fries!!

"Eventually, though, the strain of 120 degrees C ambient temperature and the load of Quake 3 caused the computer to overheat and crash. I rebooted it, and it loaded back into windows. Although Quake 3 still crashed when trying to play. At that point, the chips were ready. I turned off the heat, enjoyed my snack"

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Small Number of Video iPods Shipped With Windows Virus

We recently discovered that a small number - less than 1% - of the Video iPods available for purchase after September 12 left our contract manufacturer carrying the Windows RavMonE.exe virus. This known virus affects only Windows computers, and up to date anti-virus software which is included with most Windows computers should detect and remove it

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How to use RSS & BitTorrent to download TV shows

Are you tired of scanning several BitTorrent sites for the latest episodes of your favorite TV-show? You should definitely try using RSS feeds then. RSS and BitTorrent are a perfect match.

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Most Unique Site Design

On this site, you draw to where you want to navigate...if you click an icon, it zooms in closer...and everything is floating. Its difficult to describe, but it is a must see.

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Google Gdrive Client SOFTWARE Leaked (Screenshots)

Somebody got hold of the Gdrive "Platypus" and posted the most he could of screenshots about it. The idea is surely interesting...

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New Surveillance Technology Monitors The Invisible

There's little doubt that surveillance cameras are becoming increasingly ubiquitous, and that there's really no such thing as privacy in public. But monitoring images visible to the naked eye may one day look quaint compared to the next generation of surveillance technologies.

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Google Code Search = 23,000 email addresses of developers

Google Code Search makes it easy to harvest 23,000 email addresses of developers.

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Vista Features that Didn't Make the Cut

Microsoft's David Vronay gives a hilarious look at some of the less-desirable features that the Vista team decided would have to be cut from the final product.

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DIGG for PORN?

"Our social content engine is similar to Digg or Reddit, where members can post content and others can rate it. Based on content thresholds, who is doing the rating, karma and reputation, links make it to the homepage," Daniel says.

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Firefox 2 reaches RC1

Today, the Mozilla organization is preparing to release the first release candidate for version 2 of their popular Firefox web browser. Firefox 2 RC1 is available in binary form for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X (the latter a Universal Binary for both PPC and Intel systems). The Windows download comes in at 5.7 MB and runs on Windows 98, ME,...

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Inside of a Hard Drive

A video of what a Hard Drive looks like inside while doing various tasks.

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13 Photo Sizes Compared - Megapixel Chart explains the Megapixel Myth

Each colored box represents a certain number of megapixels. The numbers along the top and left side are print dimensions in inches at 300ppi. The visual version of The Megapixel Myth at http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/mpmyth.htm -- "A 3 MP camera pretty much looks the same as a 6 MP camera, even when blown up to 12 x 18!"

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Cool Phone Concept: One Big Touch Screen!

BenQ has produced a concept phone that is one big touch screen. The layout of the phone changes based on the application... it looks like a phone when you want to make a call, looks like a camera when you want to take a picture, etc.

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PS3 Controller's Name Revealed

Rumor no more, Sony's wireless PS3 controller has been oficially dubbed SIXAXIS. The Bluetooth supported, USB outfitted controller will be packaged with the PLAYSTATION 3 or can be purchased in Japan for 5,000 yen (US $43) starting November 11th.

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Map: What Does the Internet Look Like?

"This visualization represents a macroscopic snapshot of the IPv6 Internet topology collected around March 4th, 2005. Topology data gathered from 17 monitors probing approximately 860 globally routable IPv6 network prefixes include 2,913 IPv6 addresses and 7,905 IPv6 links (immediately adjacent addresses in a traceroute-like path)."

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