Archive for the ‘Tech stuff’ Category
Monday, January 29th, 2007
2 weeks ago I bought a 2gb pqi flash drive for $30 from newegg.com. It was some garbage! It was slow, and it did not support Windows Readyboost.
What is this "readyboost" you ask?
Ready boost is a new feature in Windows Vista that allows you to use flash memory as RAM. ...
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Monday, December 11th, 2006
While reading an article predicting Microsoft's eventual demise after Vista, I came across Google Docs & Spreadsheets. It seems to be an online version of MS Office. It has all the essential feature- formatting, images, indenting, etc - as well as a few not so common ones - Comments, block ...
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Tuesday, December 5th, 2006
10 years, and $40 million dollars. Thats what it took for the military to design a "non lethal" weapon that fires microwaves at a person. It makes you feel as if you are being dipped in lava. This is supposedly going to be used in Iraq, and to control crowds. ...
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Thursday, May 25th, 2006
Microsoft is distributing their free Office 2007 Beta 2 over here if you want to grab a copy.
Anywho, heres some screenshots of the new software exposed(Click to make bigger)!
Office 2007 Word has a couple new features, looks really nice, and its default font isnt Times New Roman anymore!
Office Outlook 2007 ...
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Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006
So apparently a new substance has been discovered that allows scientists, if used right, to render objects invisible. This new superlens makes it so that light hitting the object bounces back, and essentially erases the incoming light. Sir John Pendry, a theoretical physicist at Imperial College London who invented superlenses, ...
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Friday, February 17th, 2006
If you recall, around two years ago NASA sent two rovers to the red panet, Mars. They were expected to only live for about 90 day, but have long out lived the expectaion. The two rovers have found much evidence that there once existed water on Mars. Aparently, recently there ...
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Monday, February 13th, 2006
Nvidia is working on a new chip for cell phones called the GoForce 5500. This new chip will allow phones to take 10 megapixel pictures, and play quake 3 on a 1024 x 768 screen.
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Saturday, February 11th, 2006
Wow, this is awsome. A group of Japanese scientists have found out a wayhow to suspend plasma into the air, and use it to make a 3-D display. ...Cool
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Wednesday, February 1st, 2006
So Microsoft released their beta 2 for IE 7. I havent used it yet, but it seens to have a bunch of new features includeing:
URL Handling Protections
ActiveX Opt-In
Protected Mode
Fix My Settings
Security Status Bar
And best of all: Tabs
Although I doubt its better than Firefox, I guess it wouldnt be too harmful ...
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Monday, January 30th, 2006
The new UK Honda Accord will feature an 'Autopilot' feature. When there is a car coming up from behind it, it will automaticlly speed up. When it comes too close to a car it will slow down. It can go around bends by detecting the white lines on the road. ...
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