Delta announces LED-lit DLP projector; AV crowd looks on curiously (2)
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Delta Electronics took the IFA global stage and announced the companies first LED-powered DLP projector. The initial specs sound good - expect one, keep reading - 1080p, large color gamut, and 20,000 hours on the LED unit. The company didn’t announce pricing yet, but it will be at CEDIA next week so I’ll hit ‘em up with some questions then. Before I ask about price though, I want to know the brightness in terms of ...
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin Is McCain's VP Pick: Source (John Harwood/CNBC.com) (2)
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John Harwood / CNBC.com: Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin Is McCain's VP Pick: Source — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a self-styled “hockey mom” who has only been governor for a little over a year, is GOP Presidential candidate John McCain's choice for Vice President, CNBC has learned. — According to a Republican strategist …
Coca-Cola readying 100-flavor soda fountains (27)
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Filed under: Misc. Gadgets Your typical soda fountain in a fast-food joint features eight boring choices, usually offering nothing more exotic than "Orange." It's been that way for decades, but one of the oldest players in the market is finally shattering that paradigm. Coca-Cola is introducing a machine that can pour 100 different flavors. Early prototypes underwent testing earlier this summer and second-gen units are headed for limited markets early next year -- the same ...
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Earl E Morningwood said:
100+ flavors and nothing to drink, Welcome to the end times. ;)
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sirmikester said:
This sounds cool, but I hope they still have larger amounts of regular coke and diet coke, otherwise they'll run out...
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Convoluted said:
This blows my mind
Featured Windows Download: Game Key Revealer Finds the Keys for Your Games (23)
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Windows only: If you have a game installed on your computer but have lost the original documents that came with it, you can still retrieve the product keys for safekeeping. Game Key Revealer is a small portable application that can help you recover your lost game keys. Game Key Revealer supports more than 500 popular computer games from well known publishers like Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, THQ and Lucasarts. The game key of games like The ...
Copy a Single File to Avoid Re-Activating Windows XP [Tutorial] (53)
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The Online Tech Tips site offers up a great tip for anyone reinstalling XP off something other than their original CD—such as a slipstreamed and automated installation—or lacking a net connection to run the activation. Before wiping your system clean, grab a file named WPA.DBL from the System32 directory and save it to a thumb drive or other external media. When you load up your new system, skip registration, enter "Safe Mode" from the boot ...
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Simon said:
send a copy of this note - with the wpa.dbl file attached - to your online email account...and you'll have a copy available with instructions should you find yourself needing it sometime in the future.
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Derick Valadao said:
That good advice for reference. I've been contemplating a wipe down prior to the new term starting.
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Bwana said:
This is good to know
The Best of Android: Final Challenge Winners Announced (16)
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Last May, Google announced the first set of winners in its two-part contest called Android Challenge. The challenge is meant to kick-start the creation of 3rd-party applications for its nascent mobile platform by enticing developers with a total of $10 million in awards. Today, Google is releasing the names of its second set of winners, 10 of which receive $275,000 and 10 of which receive $100,000. The full list of winners can be found here. ...
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Jesse said:
cab4me sounds pretty money: “cab4me enables you to easily call a cab to any location worldwide. You do not need to know the number of the local cab company. You do not need to enter or even know the address you want to be picked up at. You do not need to place a call. With cab4me you can order a cab to your current location with a single click.”
Mythbusters Build a 2100 Barrel Painball Gun to Paint the Mona Lisa, Instantly [Leonardo Duurrrr Vinci] (16)
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In a presentation made at Nvidia's NVISION show this week, Adam and Jamie unveiled a 2100 barrel paintball gun and - in an instant - painted a pretty convincing (if not slightly drippy) Mona Lisa. In typical Mythbusters fashion, the incredibly elaborate experiment was only tenuously linked to their hypothesis. The presentation was intended to represent the difference in operation between single and multicore processors, referring to current gen CPUs versus GPUs, respectively. Of course, ...
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Hadyn said:
ok, this...is cool
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Steve said:
This is cool.
VR head nods in Second Life (2)
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I’m totally OK with never trying this out in real life but some folks called VR WARE have created a way to add head gestures in Second Life by hijacking your camera and watching your facial expressions and eye movements. They’ve gotten it to recognize nods so far but can a wry smirk or a shoulder shrug be far behind? Truly, we are living in an age of miracles. via TC France
