I’ve spent a lot of time over the past years figuring out how to get my DVD collection onto my PC so I can use my Home Theater PC (HTPC) to play my library on my TV. The following is the two step process I’ve come up with to do this; all other programs I’ve used either are not free, install spyware, or desync the audio.
Between YouTube videos, your processor can search for a cure for AIDS.
After a number of false starts, it appears that Apple is finally going to deliver the anticipated MacBook Pro updates… and all signs are pointing to this Tuesday.
We were hesitant to pinpoint a specific date, as a number of previous rumor predictions have come and gone, but sources reveal tha…
For 18 months, Google has been working to come up with a product offering and a strategy in the promising field of consumer health information. Until now, the search giant hasn’t had anything to show for its labors other than bumps along the way—delays and a management change.
“The Guardian has a two page spread on the background of some of the Wikileaks people, the Wikileaks scheme for “an open-source democratic intelligence agency” and the possible location of its secret servers — an abandoned US nuclear weapons base at Greenham Common and a radar station in. . .
The Japanese electronics retailer Edion is deeply ashamed it sold its customers HD DVD gear. So ashamed they that they’re allowing buyers to swap in Toshiba HD DVD boxes for Blu-ray players. A little more investigation reveals that the trade must occur during March, and consumers only need pay the price difference.
I really hate to put things even earbuds into my ears. Let me introduce a tiny device - the smallest of its kind. They call it “Secret Service Invisible 2-Way Micro Headset”, the micro-sized earbud is smaller than a hearing aid which fits snugly and securely in the ear canal. But, i don’t think we should call it ‘INVISIBLE’.
Pakistan has blocked access to the popular YouTube website because of content deemed offensive to Islam. (sigh)
Not one to miss out on a gaming industry trend as hot as corporate synergy, Electronic Arts recently proposed an acquisition of Take-Two Interactive Software for $26 a share (nearly a 63 percent premium to their current stock value) — for a grand total of approximately $2 billion.
Over the past week, some servers used for updating the anti-virus software NOD32 were labeled as anti-p2p by a popular list maker for PeerGuardian. In response, NOD32’s company, ESET, has categorised PG2 as malware in some of its latest updates.
KDE 4.1 will be what everyone expected 4.0 to be — a fully functional revolutionary Linux desktop. I took a look at the revision 777000 of this desktop environment and what you get is a visual changelog describing the current progress in terms of look and feel and the features.
The Ubuntu development community has announced that the fifth Ubuntu 8.04 prerelease is now available for testing. Ubuntu 8.04 alpha 5 adds additional polish and reliability as well as a few intriguing new features. The official release of Ubuntu 8.04, codenamed Hardy Heron, is scheduled for late April and feature freeze is already in effect.
