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May 19, 2011 Thursday, 19 May 2011 05:30 - Written by Bot Daily Digest Comments (0)

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Amazon confirms Kindle books more popular than print

Until e-readers got popular the question of where to read came down to PC/laptop screen or printed book. Now it’s screen, book, or e-paper. The screen or book question usually saw the book win due to your eyes getting tired quickly reading from a backlit display. That problem was even worse back in the days [...]
AppleCare reps told not to attempt malware removal

Long protected by the non-practice of security by obscurity, Apple users recently joined the unfortunate, unwary legions targeted by fakeAV malware. As cybercriminals had previously discovered on Windows, it’s far easier to trick users into installing a malicious application than wasting precious effort coding a more complex virus or worm. While some pundits scoffed at [...]
Apple seals licensing deal with EMI, cloud music service is imminent

Apple device owners have been waiting for the company to catch up with Amazon and Google and finally release its s cloud music service. Though the company is usually ahead of the game in terms of technology trends, both Google and Amazon beat Apple to the punch by releasing their own cloud music services recently. [...]

Game Fixes for The Witcher II: Assassins of Kings

Thursday, 19 May 2011 01:33 - Written by DarkKnightH20 News Comments (0)

One of the most fun games ever created was The Witcher 1, and now that The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings has been released, people get the opportunity to import their previously saved data from the original game and continue their adventure in the new tale that is the Witcher II. With this great release, we felt obligated to assist those in need of help with possible game errors they may encounter, such as: lag, freezing, crashing to desktop, black screen, fail / failure to launch, mouse sensitivity issues, Steam problems, etc.

Rather than trying to figure out how to solve these things yourself, check out our The Witcher II: Assassins of Kings Game Fixes article first to save yourself some time. This game is very fun once you get passed all the game-related errors you may be encountering.

Tags: Game Fixes, Games, The Witcher

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May 18, 2011 Wednesday, 18 May 2011 07:41 - Written by Bot Daily Digest Comments (0)

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Anti-DRM group wants to send Nintendo bricks to protest 3DS terms of service

The Terms of Service (TOS) agreement that you agree to when you turn on a Nintendo 3DS isn’t something most people flip through. After all, you’ve already paid for the thing, and you want to play. The anti-DRM group Defective by Design has read it though, and are concerned enough about what it contains that [...]
Virtual dressing room uses Kinect and augmented reality, makes shopping even easier

If you’ve seen the movie Clueless that came out back in 1995, you might remember the main character’s computer-programmed closet that showed the character in different outfits on a touch-activated screen. She’d scroll through articles of clothing until she found exactly the right outfit without ever having to try it on first. Fast forward 16 [...]
Vostok 4 Pines Stout ‘Space Beer’ brewed for zero gravity

There’s nothing like having a nice, cold beer at the end of a long day, and it seems that soon, even astronauts in the depths of space will be able to knock one back. Two Australian entrepreneurs are working on a beer intended for drinking in space. If making a space beer was easy, we’d [...]

mortal kombat legacy

May 17, 2011 Tuesday, 17 May 2011 12:00 - Written by Naota Cool, Videos Comments (1)

Do you all remember seeing our post for a teaser trailer for a “new” Mortal Kombat movie called Mortal Kombat Rebirth? Although that turned out to not happen, many of those characters are now involved in a different Mortal Kombat show. This new Mortal Kombat series – titled Mortal Kombat Legacy – is aired on Youtube for free. You can watch Mortal Kombat Legacy here. Below you will find episode one.

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Internet, Meet Your Grandpa

Tuesday, 17 May 2011 02:40 - Written by servbot_kill Cool Comments (0)

In reference to a post Enki made a little while ago, here’s another web-based text “hacking” exercise. Telehack is a full recreation of the Internet circa 1985-ish when it was still ARPANET, featuring fully working BASIC interpreter and lists of hosts available at the time. It even has copies of BBS networks and their contents at the time. Don’t bother trying to add to it though, it’s only a historical record. Still fascinating to read what’s on there though and compare to what it looks like now. FYI still combing the records for lists of Soviet nuclear secrets… no luck so far.

Tags: arpanet, Cool, granddaddy, telehack

Corsair Force Series 3 SSD Release Date

May 16, 2011 Monday, 16 May 2011 02:23 - Written by Naota News Comments (0)

Corsair’s Force Series 3 Solid State Drives have been getting quite a bit of attention. These drives sport the Sandforce SF 2281 Controller and promise speeds up to 550MB/S Read and Write Speeds of 520MB/S. They even run with an IOPs of 85,000K! How does this compare to the Vertex 3 and Vertex 3 MAX IOPS Edition? Well it’s about 30,000k more IOPS – click the article for additional about those respective drives.

These drives will be out later this month, and look to potentially de-throne the infamous Vertex 3 drives that have been obliterating all other solid state drives in real-world tests and benchmarks.

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GTX 590 Revision 2 to Hit Shelves in June

Monday, 16 May 2011 10:23 - Written by Naota News Comments (0)

NVIDIA has finally acknowledged their wrong-doings with the GTX 590. The GTX 590 Version 2 will hit the shelves in June. This revision will contain higher quality inductors that will prevent the GTX 590 from blowing up when stressed and over clocked. There are no details on what will happen to the current GTX 590 holders though, but things probably won’t go your way. The GTX 590 will contain a -502 marking that will show that identify that it is these revised edition. You will also notice that the GTX 590 -502 has a new baseplate and shape that is different from the original. Expect all new third party solutions for this card.