MGM goes to YouTube

MGM goes to YouTube

Author Roger | 19.11.2008 | Category World Wide Web

YouTube will soon feature MGM films!

After YouTube – one of the largest, if not the largest media streaming website in the World Wide Web – announced that full length movies like Star Trek, McGyver and 90210 will be available soon because of its contract signing with CBS, the New York Times has reported that movies like Bulletproof Monk and Magnificent Seven as well as clips from Legally Blonde might also be found in YouTube soon as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios has teamed up with the website.

MGM is coming to YouTube

Not much detail has been confirmed yet, but all those free movies that TiVo owners and YouTube fans will be getting might come with a much expected catch of having to deal with advertisements floating at the side of the screens. MGM also noted that they might start out slowly in giving away movies and will only give out at most 40 movies.

But the deals might not stop there, because YouTube is also said to be working something out with Sony and Time Warner. Well, the more the merrier.

Logitech diNovo wireless keyboard

Author Roger | 18.11.2008 | Category Computers, Mac/Apple

Logitech has a new wireless keyboard for Macs

Sometimes it’s tough working with a tiny keyboard because there’s less room for fingers to move freely – something that even a fairly seasoned typist would want. But this is something we always have no other choice but to live with simply because the laptops we bring around are built to be portable, which means small parts, including a keyboard.

But Logitech’s diNovo might be a sign of relief for all those Mac users who want that much needed finger room. It’s a typical Apple keyboard with the well known spacious and comfortable feel of typing, except that it’s cordless. That means it becomes a bit more portable because it doesn’t have a long wire to drag around it with. It also has one touch access to things like iTunes, Safari, Dashboard, and of course, mail.

At £69.99, the the Logitech diNovo comes with a battery with a three year life.

NZXT Avatar: The Gamer’s mouse

Author Roger | 17.11.2008 | Category Computers, Video Games

The NZXT Avatar is a mouse designed for gamers

Video game fans might be flattered with this new piece of technology designed especially for them and their special gaming needs. Introducing the NZXT Avatar Gaming Mouse, a computer mouse that does more than what the ordinary ones those come with your laptop or PC.

This sturdy little gadget is equipped with physical features for better gripping with right and left hands as well as rubber and Teflon tips for those sweaty palms and fast movers. The mouse is also ready with additional side buttons for gamers to use. These buttons are flexible and programmable with the software that comes along with it to suit every player’s preference in every particular game they play. The DPI settings are also top of the line and ideal for gamers at 600-1200 DPI.

This gaming gadget which comes complete with software and driver is on sale at a well reasonable price of $69.99.

The Chevy Volt

Author Roger | 17.11.2008 | Category Technology, automobile, world news

The Electric-gasoline hybrid, Chevy Volt

GM is finally releasing the long-awaited Chevy Volt. This Electric hybrid is ideal for local driving, as it provides an MPG as low as 2cents per mile when driven in entirely eletric mode. And since it can be charged up by ordinary house current, even fueling the car will be a cleaner than what is involved in operating on fossil fuels. 

Top View of the Chevy Volt

At a price of around 40 thousnad dollars, the Volt doesn’t come cheap, but the estimated savings could recoup the cost very quickly, perhaps even recoup the price of the entire vehicle. And even when operating on the engine, expected mileage cost is expected to be no more than 10-15 per mile, providing an over all fuel cost that is less than half of what you’ve been paying all these years.

The one drawbackis that the electric range for the car is only about 40 miles, but since the car is being marketed as an urban commuter vehicle this shouldn’t be a problem. Plus it in at work, plug in at home, and you’re good to go. And this baby looks sweet!

LaCie’s new online disk space

Author Roger | 16.11.2008 | Category Computers, World Wide Web

The concept is simply an external hard disk that anyone can plug onto a computer in order to store files. What makes LaCie’s new device unique is that users can actually connect through the internet and access these files wherever they are, generally making files transferable over the internet and naturally making data transfer more convenient for any person, especially those who travel a lot.

The LaCie Internet Space HDD

Coming in with as much as 500 GB – 1 TB, LaCie’ Internet Space hard disk may require a relatively strong internet connection, but it is well worth the benefits that come with a personally accessible data storage system.

Good code can do malicious things

Author Roger | 16.11.2008 | Category Computers

Two students from UC San Diego have determined that malicious programs can be built into seemingly good code through the use of return-oriented programming. They have shown that risk applied to both the x86 architecture found in most personal computers, but also to RISC computer architecture as well.

While it was shown last year that the x86 architecture was vulnerable, the tests concluded that a great deal of manual coding was required to force good to become malicious through return oriented programming. Now it is obvious that such problems may be inherent to most types of computing system.

The problem is that a programmer can introduce good into a programming that forces it, in a seemingly beign way, to spawn malicious programs.  By automating the process, it can be set to perform the task through any number of program influenced variables, making it completely invisible before the spawning is begun, and by then the malicious code has already become active.

The New Samsung NC10

Author Roger | 15.11.2008 | Category Computers

The Samsung NC10 has proven itself to be one of the best 10-inch notebooks out there, as Laptop Mag has reviewed and attested to that. This neatly colored all white notebook, while not the most unique in terms of design, boasts its four out of five star rating from its reviewers because of its features that facilitate convenience and at the same time accessibility to all its users.

The 2.8 lbs. Samsung NC10 includes a spacious keyboard that has ideal key positioning for comfortable typing. It also has a very small yet easy to use multi-touch touchpad for all the user’s scrolling needs.

The NC10 also includes 3 USB ports, audio jacks for a mic and headphones, an Ethernet jack, a 3-in-1 card reader and VGA ports.

This $499 comes with Windows XP as well as 1GB of RAM and 1.6G-Hz Intel Atom Processor – a must for most regular laptop users.

Fallout 3 is Here!

Author Roger | 15.11.2008 | Category Computers, Video Games

Fallout 2 was my introduction to the post-atomic wasteland of tomorrow, and the wondrous marvels that were left behind by Vaul-Tec. As the member of a tribe descended from the Vault Dweller, the goal was to find a G.E.C.K. and bring life back to my dying village. Differing from many RPG style games, Fallout allows the player to fallow any path they choose, from the most peaceful diplomat to a raging barbarian armed with energy weapons. It is equiped with both violence and adult themes filters, so the game can be pleasurable for all.

And Now Fallout 3 has hit the scene. Using the same open experience engine as before, the game comes back again for further adventures in the wastelands. This version takes place 30 years after the adventure of Fallout 2, and 200 years after the bombs that wiped out civilization. The location is the area around Washington, DC, and here is what the website has to say:

“Vault 101 – Jewel of the Wastes. For 200 years, Vault 101 has faithfully served the surviving residents of Washington DC and its environs, now known as the Capital Wasteland. Though the global atomic war of 2077 left the US all but destroyed, the residents of Vault 101 enjoy a life free from the constant stress of the outside world. Giant Insects, Raiders, Slavers, and yes, even Super Mutants are all no match for superior Vault-Tec engineering. Yet one fateful morning, you awake to find that your father has defied the Overseer and left the comfort and security afforded by Vault 101 for reasons unknown. Leaving the only home you’ve ever known, you emerge from the Vault into the harsh Wasteland sun to search for your father, and the truth.”

There are some videos on the website, and a ton more information. Take a look, and you’ll see why this game such a popular single player RPG.