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Ancient calculator was 1,000 years ahead of its time

Ancient calculator was 1,000 years ahead of its time2000 years old and producing accurate predictions...... or it would do it if wasn't incomplete. Thank goodness it was produced in ancient Greece and not in ancient Seattle..... ;-)Our ancestors may have had some funny ideas, but they were ignorant due to...

Tags: Dark Ages, Almighty

Discussion threads 2006-11-30

Dark Ages (exe)

Dark Ages is an adventure role-playing game set in a Celtic dreamland on the border of light and darkness. This online fantasy world rendered in anime-styled graphics is filled with thousands of creatures and items and hundreds of powerful spells and unique skills. The game features a society with an...

Tags: Dark Ages, Games, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2004-02-18

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10 essential gadgets for students

10 essential gadgets for studentsImpressive...A laptop with the same specs as a laptop! Wow!Only 2 are "essential"Out of the list of 10 only #1 is "essential" for students. If in college #10 is also needed, but the other 8 are nothing but luxuries and two are just plain useless....

Tags: Scanners, Digital music, ONLY 2, essential gadget, Digital Pen, phone, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-07-25

Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875

Editors' note: This review is part of our Back-to-School 2008 roundup, covering specific configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.The Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875 is a thoroughly average, entry-level laptop. It wasn't too long ago that an average, entry-level laptop meant one that was underpowered and shabbily...

Tags: Notebooks, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Satellite, Toshiba Satellite L305-S5875, laptop computer

Product reviews 2008-07-23

Toshiba Regza 42RV530U

During the last year flat-panel HDTV prices seemed to hit a plateau, where the standard bricklike downward trend leveled off somewhat. Now, however, prices are on the decline again, opening up bigger screen sizes to lower price ranges. For example, Toshiba's lowest-priced 1080p 42-inch LCD, the 42RV530U, can be purchased...

Tags: Monitors & displays, 1080p, Toshiba Corp.

Product reviews 2008-07-22

E-gold owners plead guilty to money laundering

E-gold owners plead guilty to money launderingGoodbye privacy?Cash leads to crime, too. Should we enforce credit/debit card payments only? If so, let's ban gold trading altogether!I will be obvious and boring then...[Please excuse my poor "Engrish" and my rushed-up style.]Hi guys.I don't agree with your opinion and thought a very...

Tags: Identity theft, Taxes, Free trade, Financial accounting, Financial Planning, Financial services, bank transaction, e-Gold, tax, financial

Discussion threads 2008-07-22

MB Playing Card Astrology (exe)

MB Playing Card Astrology generates a playing card reading based on your birthday. Each card and suite of cards is associated with different personality traits which help you in understanding yourself better. Playing cards have been used for astrology and fortune telling for ages and have remained popular ever since....

Tags: Card, MysticBoard, MB Playing Card Astrology

Software downloads 2008-07-22

600 Starbucks to close. Good Riddens!

600 Starbucks to close. Good Riddens!Good RiddanceGood riddanceZD Can't SpellIt's "riddance" not "riddens". If "riddens" was supposed to be a play on words or a joke or a reference to something having to do with coffee, I don't get it.Otherwise, since you guys write about tech, maybe use that there...

Tags: Starbucks Corp., bean, Riddens

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

600 Starbucks to close. Good Riddance!

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! As the great Obi-Wan Kenobi once said "I felt a great disturbance in the Force...as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced." Click on the "Read the rest of this entry" link below...

Tags: Coffee, Starbucks Corp., Modems, Retail, Wireless LANs, DSL, E-mail, Network Technology, Hardware, Components, Wireless, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-21

iPhone 3G sold out nationwide; 4 week wait

iPhone 3G sold out nationwide; 4 week waitAT&T?Thanks for the link. Does AT&T still has inventory? On a store by store basis?RE: iPhone 3G sold out nationwide; 4 week waitI placed a special order last week. I wonder if this is going to delay that. I was really...

Tags: Cellular phones, Apple marketing, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., 3G, phone, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone 3G

Discussion threads 2008-07-21

D-Link Xtreme N Duo Media Router DIR-855 - wireless router

We pitted the D-Link Xtreme N Duo Media Router DIR-855 against the only other true dual-band router we've reviewed, the Linksys WRT610N. The DIR-855 beat the WRT610N in overall throughput performance, but its design and desktop setup application couldn't compete. Both routers offer about the same range; the WRT610N provides...

Tags: Home networking, Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, WCN, wireless, wireless router, D-Link DIR-855, D-Link Systems, router, Linksys WRT610N

Product reviews 2008-07-18

Samsung HL61A750

Rear-projection HDTVs, as a category, are on their way out, and DLP-based sets are the only microdisplay choice available, now that all manufacturers of LCD- and LCoS-based rear-projection displays have basically ceased production. Samsung and Mitsubishi are pretty much the only players left in this category--they're the only two...

Tags: menu system, Samsung HL61A750, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Warm 2, color temperature

Product reviews 2008-07-18

Pioneer Kuro PDP-5020FD

When it comes to black levels, you apparently get what you pay for. Pioneer's PDP-5020FD is the company's cheapest flat-panel plasma HDTV for 2008, yet it still costs significantly more than the poshest plasmas produced by Panasonic. We really liked the Panasonic TH-50PZ800U we reviewed earlier this year, and despite...

Tags: TV & Home Theater, TVs, PDP-5020FD

Product reviews 2008-07-18

Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate fossil fuels as an electricity source by 2018

Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate fossil fuels as an electricity source by 2018Infogreat info...to bad most want to stay on the bandwagon...politically correct view...passing the LIE around...then understanding Global Warming is a political tools to keep those we dont want in power to stay there.RE: Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate...

Tags: global warming, foreign oil, attention-getting challenge, latest attention-getting challenge, oil, Gore, dependence, fossil fuel

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

The Dark Knight IMAX

The Dark Knight hits the big, big screen, and we talk to Greg Foster, the president of IMAX to get his take on the technology behind the film.

Tags: Film, Dark Knight, News

Videos 2008-07-18

Tough love: Linux needs more haters

Tough love: Linux needs more hatersGood article, JeremyI'm currently setting up our company network on Linux and will likely be bumping into some of those Samba issues. Complicated by having a mixed OS environment on the client side. Yeah, that's going to be fun. Nice that Google...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

PC shipments solid in second quarter; Apple No. 3 in U.S.

PC shipments solid in second quarter; Apple No. 3 in U.S.WellWell, that shows that Apple is still not significant worldwide,which is not surprising !MisleadingAlthough Apple slightly edged out Acer in US sales, it comes nowhere close to Acer in international sales. So to claim that Apple topped Acer in shipments...

Tags: Desktops, Apple Inc., PC, PC shipment, No. 3, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-07-17

Intel's Centrino 2 + WiMAX could break the Luddite Telcos

I was at Intel's Centrino 2 launch on Monday and I'm hoping that Centrino 2 can do the same thing Centrino 1 did for WiFi but this time for WiMAX -- make it a reality. The timing for Centrino 2 to be a change agent for WiMAX,...

Tags: Intel Centrino, Telecommunications Company, Intel Corp., WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-07-16

Discotheek (exe)

Discotheek changes your screen into a night club spotlight. You can use your it to generate multicolor flashes. You can use your screen as stroboscope. You can use your screen as light all white or dark all black. You can vary the speed and add or remove colors. You can...

Tags: Screen, Anthony Goubard, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-07-16

Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures (exe)

In a world filled with cruel gods, mythical creatures, lost civilizations and a struggling human race, the mighty barbarian has finally seized the throne as king of Aquilonia. But Conan's rule is on the brink of chaos, spiraling towards the doom of ancient evils. In this twisted fantasy world, dark...

Tags: Funcom, Strategy, Desktops, Management, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-07-16