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08
Feb

Top 5 iPhone Challengers

Shhhhh… did you hear that? That is the sound of a shaking giant. No.. Apple isn’t going to tumble any time soon. But it is nice to see them take a knee every now and then. “Read More” for the 5 phones that may just have the capacity to land a staggering blow.



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20
Jan

Spherical Panoramas A.K.A. 3D Pictures

I found this on the net and I think everyone should see it, the things technology is doing for us these days.  Makes it hard to imagine what we wont accomplish electronically/virtually.


www.utah3d.net


Sorry I didnt have time to elaborate, check out the link though…its self explaining.

18
Jan

Download YouTube Videos

YouTube robbery has become very popular over the last couple of years. In fact, youtube haven’t bothered doing anything about it. As long as you don’t sell the video, it’s actually legal. That in mind, here is my top youtube downloaders, and why I chose my no.1. But first, a little info on the art of youtube downloading.


Youtube downloading can be tricky, if you don’t know how to do it write. Several are online. I wouldn’t recommend using them as they are crawling with viruses. You are much safer downloading software than using an online service. At least with a download you know what your installing. Giving a site permission to do whatever it wants is like using Internet Explorer… it’s suicide.


That being said (drumroll please) the top five youtube downloaders:


5. RealTime Media Centre (comes with a downloader that can be accessed from your browser)

4. Youtube downloader 2.5.3

3. Youtube downloader Chrome Extension

2. Youtube downlaoder Firefox Add on

1. DVDVideoSoft Suite.


The DVDVideoSoft downloader suite comes with other useful functions like audio and video conversion, and burning and ripping software. Unlike others, it has quality control (the lower the quality, the less time it takes to download), the option to download only the audio (handy for MP3 players) and even the option to change the audio’s volume. The site is here. The Downloader it self is found here and the whole suite can be found here.

01
Sep

Transforming Electronics

transformers

A friend mentioned seeing this to me and I took a look at it (bigbadtoystore).  If youre a fan of Transformers you will probably get a kick out of these transforming electronics.  They come in a variety of devices which include USB Hubs, Flash Drives, and Mice.  Although they are a bit pricey going from 42 to 60 dollars I think it is safe to say if you are an avid Transformers fan you wouldnt mind.  Especially if it means you can take time to transform the toy on your laptops desk into your mouse before getting on the computer in front of your friends.

25
May

GeForce 3D Vision

geforceglasses

Ever wanted to play your favorite PC games in 3D?  Well NVIDIA has got the closest thing with there GeForce 3D Vision.


Overview

  • $199
  • 3D PC gaming, and movies
  • Wireless glasses
  • You can find the official link here


Continue reading to find out more.


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15
May

Play Your PC Like an Instrument – KeyBored

keybored

Ever wanted to play a tune, but not have an instrument?  This is the program for you.  It turns each of your keys (qwerty) and numbers into a musical note.  Each row is an octave, the Z row being the lowest and the Numbers row being the highest.  Holding shift makes your notes more sharp.  The instruments that it can play are in the hundreds from pianos, guitars, and violins to gunshots (ha), telephone rings, and bird tweets.  It’s actually pretty soothing, in my opinion, to leave running while typing (or playing) a paper that I have to get done.  You can get the download here, http://agdoa.net/.  All you have to do is unzip it and run the KeyBoredRunner.exe.  After that you’ll have to click ‘Start’ before you will hear anything.  Type away!  If you’d like to find some songs to play, or new keymaps click here, google has tons of material for you.


10
May

Two Player SNES Online

snesonline

Although this online service through Zsnes has been offered for awhile now I just recently got into playing SNES games online with friends that dont live close to me anymore.  They took compatibility for what they called netplay out in the latest versions of the emulator due to instability mainly, but if you get the 1.42 version and set it up successfully you can still play one of many games over the internet with friends.  All you both need is the same emulator, rom (with the same file name), and a host (one of the two players, router configuration will probably be needed.)


Read on for more information, a step by step guide, and a list of all working games.


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10
May

Playstation 3 Controllers on PC (XP and Vista)

ps3onpc

Since the beginning as I first made my discover of what emulators and roms were, I have been plagued with using a keyboard to play them.  I did know there were USB controllers you could get at various electronics stores I just never brought myself to be able to put out the money for them.  The other day I was wondering if you could simply hook a PS3 controller up to a computer and get it working.  After a little research I found that people had already figured it out by replacing the original USB HID drivers with an open source version called libusb.  There were some issues with this (peoples mouses and keyboards stopped working, and Vista users could not use this method) but after awhile I came by an article with all the information I needed.  Apparently, a Chinese programmer created a PS3 controller driver that works with peoples standard USB HID.  He called it Six Axis Driver (click here to get the download).  Unfortunatley this only works in the 32bit version of Windows.


Read on for a step by step to make sure you get things right.


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07
May

Simple Guide to Windows 7 RC1

windows

Microsoft made this release and opened the downloads to anyone on slow and fast servers on the 5th of May, you can find the file here, which is around 2 gigabytes and can be burned onto a standard sized DVD.  It’s special new feature is an XP Mode, so you can run a virtual copy of Windows XP SP3 pretty seamlessly.  It isn’t without its glitches though, it is after all just RC1.


Read on to make sure you know what you are doing, what you need to be able to do, and good reasons that will probably sway you to (or not to) go through with the change.


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29
Apr

Cross Platform Pollux Engine (Wii and DS)

pollux

Square Enix has recently developed a cross platform engine which can be played on their Nintendo DS and also their Nintendo Wii.  If that makes absolutely no sense to you I can make it simple.  You can play games on your Wii with your friends that don’t have a Wii, as long as they have a DS (of course internet connection or LAN would be needed to accomplish that.)  Currently the only game available to do this, running on the Pollux Engine, is Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time.


Continue reading for more information and future games that are planned to be on the Pollux Engine.


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