Full FeedNeed a cheap, light, USB drive?
If your keychain is a little heavy these days, maybe its time to downgrade your USB drive. Don’t worry, you won’t be losing any storage space. The thing that you will be downgrading is your USB drive’s weight. You can get 1GB, 2GB, or 4GB versions for $33, $58, and $89, respectively. How heavy (or light) are these USB drives? They all weigh-in at around 2 grams. If you can’t envision 2 grams, pick up two paper clips. Yes, they’re that light.
Buyers guide to HDTV gets you ready for some football
With the Super Bowl, new episodes of Entourage and The Sopranos, as well as March Madness coming up, now is as good a time as ever to buy that new HDTV that you’ve always wanted. But how do you decide on what TV to get? Here are the different types of HDTVs and their features:
Front Projectors: Front Projectors are for the elite, who have anywhere from $1,000 to upwards of $35,000 to spend on a TV.
Rear Projection: There are three types of Rear Projection TVs, with the most bought one being DLP. They are not as expensive as Front Projectors, but are still pricey coming in at any where from $1,000 to $5,000. One downside is that they are bigger and heavier then LCD TVs, and when viewed from the side, noticeable picture fade can be seen.
Plasma: Plasmas have a great price-to-performance ratio, going for $1,000 to $8,000. Be aware, if you live in a high altitude region, Plasmas are not a good choice, for they reportedly overheat in high altitudes.
LCDs: Being sold in sizes up to 40 inches or so, and with models being sold from $250 to $6,000, LCDs are the best choice for the majority of people looking to buy a new HDTV. LCDs provide a bright picture in addition to being energy-efficient. They also have relatively good response time for gaming.
Wondering how big of a screen to get? According to Fortune Magazine, “Viewing distance should be at least 1.5 times screen size; any closer and the image looks bad. So don’t splurge on that 84-inch set unless you can sit 10 1/2 feet away.”
Read [Fortune Magazine]
RelatedMicrosoft confirms serious Vista flaw in voice recognition system
If you are using Microsoft’s new operating system, Windows Vista, and make use of its voice recognition system, beware of a newly found flaw that may seriously harm your computer. The user must have speakers and a microphone in use on the system. A foreign user could publish an audio file that when played through the system’s speakers, acts as a command when recorded by the microphone.
What can one do to protect themselves from this flaw? According to ZDNET, to fix this flaw, “A user can turn off their computer speakers and/or microphone. If a user does run an audio file that attempts to execute commands on their system, they should close the Windows Media Player, turn off speech recognition and restart their computer.”
Read [ZDNet]
RelatedMozilla releases list of features most likely to be included in Firefox 3
Mozilla developers have released to the public their plans of features that they hope are included in Firefox 3 when it is released sometime in the third quarter of 2007.
The developers released three different lists of items to be included in the next full version. The first list, includes the following (among other things):
- Support for remote bookmarks, bookmarks and history annotation.
- An MSI installer which would make it easier for IT administrators to install, configure, and update Firefox across a Lan.
- Google’s open source crash reporting tool, called Airbag, will replace the current tool, called TalkBack.
The next list contains features that are “highly desirable,” such as a private browsing mode, which would leave behind no cache, saved user names and passwords, or history. The ability to save entire web pages as PDFs is another feature that has been desired for a long time by many people.
The last list is labeled as “Nice to Have,” and includes such items as Windows Vista Parental Controls, the ability to install add-ons without restarting Firefox, and Tab Grouping.
RelatedStream all your favorite songs online using Avvenu Music Player
If you’re looking for a way to stream your favorite music files for times when you’re not using your computer, or you just want to share your favorite songs with friends, then the Avvenu Music Player is for you. The Avvenu Music Player lets you select 250 of your favorite songs to stream over the Internet to whoever you choose. However, the music must be DRM-Free and is only playable online for up to five days.
Avvenu lets you select individual songs or playlists to stream over the Internet. How does it work? The Avvenu system uploads the songs to the Avvenu Media Center, which allows you to access the songs even when the computer is off. You can sort through your songs by genre, track name, artist name, or your own custom playlists. The best part about Avvenu is that it is free, and is accessible from any Windows or Apple computer, as well as any Windows Mobile 5 Smartphone - however, you need to have iTunes installed for Avvenu to work properly.
Aveenu is available now, with a revised version coming in a few months that will be compatible with other music library programs. Here’s a screenshot of the player.
Site [Avvenu] Read [SiliconValley.Com]
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