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SMS messages are more expensive then data transmission from Hubble Space Telescope

Submitted by Drexp on Tue, 05/13/2008 - 08:43.

A University of Leicester space scientist has worked out that sending SMS texts via mobile phones seems to be far more expensive than downloading data from the Hubble Space Telescope.

OpenOffice 3.0 beta has been released

Submitted by admin on Sun, 05/11/2008 - 11:00.

Seems that day when we will start using OpenOffice 3.0 is nearing. OpenOffice.org finally released beta version of OpenOffice 3.0.

 

 

It is not recommended to replace your stable version with beta as it may not be stable. But you can install it to take a glance at new features like few significant ones:

DIY Ultra Strong Wifi Predator

Submitted by admin on Fri, 05/09/2008 - 16:00.

Being frustrated of having a poor wifi reception in your living/working area?

You can easily kick the above problem aside with a Wifi Predator.

Those materials you need to prepare:

You need to pay attention to the four important steps:

MS Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) is out

Submitted by Drexp on Thu, 05/08/2008 - 20:47.

Good news for XP holders. Microsoft pushed final XP service pack 3 (SP3) package. It is now available for download. Stand alone executable (316Mb) can be downloaded from here.

The future OpenOffice 3.0 – new look and feal

Submitted by _Sman_ on Wed, 05/07/2008 - 08:40.
I am using OpenOffice instead of MS Office as often as I can. There are many reasons of doing this - but most important is that it is open source. I am great fan of free open products. Personally me - I think OpenOffice reached great professionalism comparing to commercial alternatives like Microsoft Office.

Closed Captioning on TV: How does it work?

Submitted by inch on Tue, 04/15/2008 - 16:33.

Chances are that you have accidentally hit the closed captioning button on your remote control before. If so, you have an idea of what closed captioning is all about. Generally speaking, this is when words are displayed on the screen so individuals who cannot hear can still enjoy the television.

First interactive Blu-Ray 2.0 discs to be released soon

Submitted by perfectknight on Mon, 03/24/2008 - 20:10.

I just came accross this at Reuters. Read on and check my comment at the end.  

Apple considers unlimited iTunes downloads

Submitted by perfectknight on Sat, 03/22/2008 - 14:58.

 This is good news for those of you who subscribe to itunes. Those who don'y may just skip it. According to an article published by the Financial Times instead of shelling out $1 for each track, the iPod maker apparently is aiming for an upfront payment in exchange for access to a complete music library over a certain period of time. The idea is not entirely new.

Blu-Ray cracked by Slysoft, rips pouring from air

Submitted by perfectknight on Sat, 03/22/2008 - 14:53.

This is the reason for all the new Blu ray rips hitting the torrent sites these days. The recent massive increasement in amount of Blu-Ray rips has an obvious reason: cracked protection BD+. A Caribbean firm called SlySoft claims to have broken the copy protection technology used on some Blu-ray discs designed to prevent video content from being copied and pirated. SlySoft has long sold a product called AnyDVD which is a utility that disables a DVD’s Content Scramble System (CSS) copy protection technology.

BestBuy gives away $10m to HDDVD buyers

Submitted by perfectknight on Sat, 03/22/2008 - 14:50.

Trying to appease customers who ended up on the losing side of the recent high-definition movie format war, Best Buy on Wednesday said it would hand out $50 gift cards to buyers of HD DVD players. By surrendering to Sony-backed Blu-ray last month, Toshiba-led proponents of HD DVD left player owners holding devices reduced to playing standard DVDs. To make amends, Best Buy plans to distribute more than $10 million in gift cards to people who bought players from the retailer before Feb. 23. The cards should start arriving by mail by May 1.

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