Videora iPod Converter review
Jun 30, 2008 Apple, Reviews, Software
A while ago I was looking for a way to convert my videos so that I could play them on my iPod, mp4 format.
It was a struggle to find a free converter but eventually I did. I found Videora iPod Converter.
Videora iPod Converter is a free iPod video converter that converts video files, YouTube videos, movies and DVD’s so you can play them on your iPod.
Every step in the conversion progress is extremely simple and there are instructions too.
All I can say is that Videora is simple, it works and it’s free!
Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta Available July 15
Jun 30, 2008 General
Now that the desktop version of Opera 9.5 has been out for a while you’d be expecting the Mobile version to come soon after, and that’s exactly what’s happening. Opera Mobile 9.5 Beta will be available on July 15.
Opera Mobile 9.5 will have some of the desktop version features, and it will be based on the same browser engine.
What I don’t like is that they say they’re only going to release Opera Mobile for Windows Mobile. That brought up a lot of questions for the commentators as they were wondering if Opera Mobile will be released for Symbian phones also, and no one has given any answers. Symbian has a large market share so it’s weird that they didn’t mention the Symbian version, it’s even a Symbian phone in the banner. I just hope they relaese a Symbian version for Opera Mobile.
[Via Opera]
Tags: p1i
Buzzball, your personal roller coaster
Jun 30, 2008 Gadgets
This is the BuzzBall, a one-man roller coaster. The BuzzBall was created by Evento, a New Zealand company, who also made the GO-Racer.
At the heart of the Buzzball is a dual motor configuration, enabling the pilot to control the motion and direction of travel via left and right control triggers, which provides power to the driving wheels.
[Via Crave]
Party-A-Cargo, on the move kegerator
Jun 29, 2008 Cars, Gadgets, Video
The Party-A-Cargo is for the party-animals on the move. It can store up to 160 cans of drinks (BOOZE!!!) and it has a built-in sound system, and it’s possible to play music for up to 12 hours without using the vehicle’s battery, so you can have a blast! The locking door makes sure no one steals your booze.
There are three different units available:
Party-A-Cargo Standard ($2,895), Party-A-Cargo Medium ($3,395) and Party-A-Cargo Ultimate ($3,795).
[Via Born Rich]
NASA Creates The World’s Highest Resolution Visualization System
Jun 29, 2008 Gadgets, Technology
NASA’s Advanced Supercomputing Division at Ames has created a mega display capable of rendering one quarter billion pixels.
The mega display is called hyperwall-2 and it measures 7- x 3- meters. It is powered by 128 GPUs, 1,024 processor cores with 74 teraflops of peak processing power and data storage capacity of 475 terabytes.
Hyperwall-2 has more than 100 times the processing power of it’s predecessor, the 49-screen hyperwall developed in 2002.
[Via Switched]
Tags: predecessor, Resolution
High-Def laptop with four speakers and a subwoofer
Jun 28, 2008 General
Asus has launched a laptop with 1 terabyte of hard disk space (two 500 gb drives), four built-in Altec Lansing speakers and a subwoofer.
The laptop is called Asus M70 and it has a 17 inch WUXGA widescreen that displays 1920 x 1200 pixels.
M70 Specification
Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology
- Intel Core™ 2 Duo T7500 ~T7700/T8100/T8300/T9300 Processor
- Mobile Intel® PM965
- Intel® PRO/Wireless 4965ABGN Network Connection; Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (optional)
Genuine Windows Vista®
- Genuine Windows Vista® Business
- Genuine Windows Vista® Ultimate
- Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium
- Genuine Windows Vista® Home Basic
M70SA: ATI Mobile Radeon HD3650 with 1G VRAM (500GBx2)
M70SR: ATI Mobile Radeon HD3470 with 256MB VRAM
DDRII 667MHz, 2 up to 4GB*; Support Intel Turbo Memory
*Depends on OS support
Built-in 1.3M pixel swivel webcam
12.5” HDD 500G/ 9.5” HDD 160/200/250/320G; Support Dual HDD: up to 1 Terra HDD (500GBx2)
[Via The Guardian and Asus]
Sony has lost over $3 billion on the PS3
Jun 28, 2008 General
You though that you paid too much for your Playstation 3? Well guess what, Sony doesn’t care.
In Sony’s fiscal 2008 annual report they reaveled that they’ve lost $3.3 billion on the Playstation 3 since it’s launch in 2006.
The reason Sony is losing so much money on the Playstation 3 is that they priced the console below its production cost. When the Playstation 3 was first released it cost $599 and that was significantly cheaper than the cost of producing, and now that the retail price has come down Sony is losing even more money on the Playstation 3.
[Via Yahoo! Games]
In-Game Advertising
Jun 27, 2008 Games
I have seen a lot of in-game advertising lately, like in Need for Speed: Pro Street and it is in all kinds of games, PC to mobile phones.
Some estimate that sales of in-game advertising will be around $1.8bn in 2010. In-game advertising could even amount to 10-22% of the game manufacturer’s income on every sold game. These extra incomes are good for game companies because of rising manufacturing costs and bigger and better games.
There are two types of in-game advertising, direct advertising, like billboards in games, and indirect advertising, where the player uses real brands in games.
The products that appear in computer games can grow substantially as a brand.
Because of games like GTA and Counter-Strike most people know the difference between AK47 and M4 Carbine rifles. It’s the same with the cars. Many kids that don’t have driver license only want a specific car, like BMW or Mercedes Benz, because they have been test driving them for hours on games like Project Gotham Racing or Gran Tourismo.
Tags: advertising, Games, in-game, videogames
Clock displays time to a millionth of a second
Jun 27, 2008 Gadgets, Technology, Video
Do you ever find yourself in a situation where you just need to know the time down to a millionth of a second? Neither do I.
But The Digital Time concept by Freddie Yauner allows you to do that. Though I don’t see a practical use for such a clock, other than to time races, it looks pretty cool.
[Via Coolest Gadgets]
Bill Gates’ last day at Microsoft
Jun 27, 2008 General, Software
Today is the day that Microsoft’s chairman Bill Gates leaves the company after 33 years in control. Later today Gates will deliver a valedictory address to the company’s employees, all 90,000 of them. Employees around the world will watch via a webcast.
Bill Gates, who is 52 years old, is going to focus on giving away his $58bn fortune. Most of the money will probably go to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, a charitable foundation founded by Bill and Melinda Gates in 2000.
[Via The Guardian]