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Sanyo has announced the release information on their latest projector, PLC-WXE45. It provides an short focal length lens projection of an 80-inch image from a good bit of distance. This would be great for anybody that wants that movie theater quality for whatever they choose to use it for. Here’s the release: Read the rest of this entry »

There are now 6 hours left until The new Riddick Game graces our consoles today. Until then, Enjoy this media player to wet your appetite.

Playstation 2.70
Windows 7
My fans have me misunderstood
Seagate Free Agent Theatre

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Machine is built, Windows 7 7068 is installed and I couldn’t be happier.  I can honestly say that this is the best operating system Microsoft has ever created.  They have turned the tides.  My hardware rocks hard.  I output this 1080p file in like 30 seconds just to test blip.tv HD playback.  This is the quality you can expect from Davis Daily from now on.  I also hooked my computer up to my 46″ Samsung and it’s incredible.  Davis Daily comes back tomorrow.  Sorry for the delay!

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So the Conficker virus hits today. The first part of the world to get hit is Australia. The US, Asia and Europe are said to be the biggest targets. Geeks all over the world are waiting and watching to see what this thing is going to do to our networks.

Paul Fergusson of Trend Micro had this to say:

We have seen the Conficker or Downadup worm increase the number of DNS resolutions, as expected. At this point, however, the worm has taken no other action.

I actually have to go into work early to deal with this shit. Hopefully nothing happens at all and I can surf happily until normal working hours.

Source: PC Magazine

iZ3D is the definitive 3D LCD company. They have the cutting edge technology that makes the other companies envious. If you get a chance to go to GDC, PLEASE check out their hardware because it is unbelievable. They’ve just announced new glasses to enhance the 3D effect by offering better color correction and longer gameplay. Here’s the full release: Read the rest of this entry »

I’m amazed. I’ve been saying that Apple’s netbook will cost $900 and you are better off installing OSX on an MSI netbook. After seeing this pic, I wonder what they are possibly cooking up! Here’s a quote from ARSTECHNICA: Read the rest of this entry »

So Twitter is now going to become a money making machine. The goods on the new premium version of Twitter were posted on BBspot today. CEO Evan Williams says,

“Celebrities and large corporations have begun flocking to Twitter for their social media needs, and growth has accelerated. Many users have expressed willingness to pay for accounts, and now we give them that opportunity.”

They will have 4 different premium setups:

* Sparrow ($5/month) – Users get 145 character limit, 5 extra random followers.

* Dove ($15/month) – Users get 160 character limit, 25 extra random followers, 1 random celebrity follower, auto-spell check, “Fail Whale” T-shirt.

* Owl ($50/month) – Users get 250 character limit, 100 extra random followers, 2 random celebrity followers, 30 minutes on recommended list, auto-spell check, “Fail Whale” hoodie.

* Eagle ($250/month) – Users get 500 character limit, 1000 extra random followers, 3 celebrity followers of their choice, 5 hours on recommended list each month, Twitter Concierge for Tweeting while user is asleep or busy (and more), auto-spell check, “Fail Whale” tuxedo, custom “Fail Whale” page when service is down.

Seriously though, cheap ass color phones have been doing MMS for years.  The iPhone, which is hailed as one of the best phones on the market, doesn’t have MMS.  It’s always been one of my biggest complaints about the phone.  With hacked firmware this problem was later resolved but it still sucks that my friends try to send MMS to me and it fails.  A few years and a kick in the ass and Apple finally announces MMS capabilities with iPhone firmware 3.0.  They’ve also included copy and paste and horizontal texting.  Steve Jobs needs to dry his head off because it’s been stuck up his ass all these years.  Here’s the full release info on 3.0: Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s The7dawg’s MASSIVE Gamer Crib. Man, I remember having 14′ projection on my wall. We used to have local Halo matches on that thing. Great stuff! I want this crib!

Scaleform has just announced an exclusive licensing deal with another middleware company known as CRI Middleware. They have reached agreement to allow CRI Middleware usage of the Scaleform GFx™ 3.0 user interface. Here’s the release: Read the rest of this entry »

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• Pocket OLED & Photo Safe from Digital Foci
• A surprise from Finland

For years I’ve been using the Adobe suite for all of my editing. I love the work flow and all of the features. The problem with Adobe is that whenever there is some major new standard in video editing, they never update their software to utilize it. They force you to buy the next release to get the new features. For instance, when Premiere CS came out, they didn’t support native HD editing. You had to buy a 3rd party app to utilize it. Then when they started supporting native HD editing, they didn’t support all formats. AVCHD is the latest and greatest HD format. Premiere CS3 currently doesn’t support it. So instead of updating CS3 to support that format, Adobe would rather have you purchase CS4 to get AVCHD editing. Finished with Adobe at the moment, I started searching for other editors that worked with AVCHD out of the box. Ulead Pro, Vegas Video, Pinnacle 12 and Magix Video Pro X all support AVCHD. Magix was kind enough to send me a copy of Video Pro X to review. Since I’m editing something every day, it was a great opportunity to test it and post my findings. Read the rest of this entry »

This was done on friday but I couldn’t post until today. It took 5+ hours to export to flash video. You see why I need a new computer now?

I’ve been telling people for the past few years to just purchase cheap HDMI cables for your PS3. I was never a fan of Monster Cable and thought their component cables were outrageously priced. I used basic RCA cables for my component hook up and never had a loss of quality. I thought the same would be the case for HDMI. I have some $20 cables and they display my video just fine. It wasn’t until I went to CES and had some long discussions with HDMI experts that I changed my mind about this. One of them, Dan Perrett, gave me an earful of information about HDMI. Because of this, I’m now a Monster Cable fan. Read the rest of this entry »

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