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Hands on with Rock Band
2007-11-04 22:05:00 If you wanted to get your hands on the upcoming Rock Band video game a little early, head over to your local Best Buy. OK so you can’t quite take it home yet, but the demo units are up and running. You can play all instruments including drums, guitar and microphone (your ... More About: Gaming , Entertainment , Hands
Mac-Attacking Malware Targets Porn Surfers
2007-11-01 23:17:00 If you use a Mac, like porn, and don’t know anything about security you could be in trouble. Mac users who’ve steered their computers toward the Net’s red light district may wake up to find a nasty surprise if they’ve hooked up with the wrong site. Malware targeting the Mac OS X platform, a rare ... More About: Security , Apple , Attack , Atta
Ubuntu Hard Drive Wear and Tear
2007-10-30 22:18:00 If you plan to use Ubuntu on a laptop you may want wait until this bug is fixed. The user that submitted the bug report stated the following: ?I run feisty (beta) on a Dell Inspiron 9400 with a Hitachi HTS541616J9SA00 hard drive. After booting, the drive’s power management settings are such that it spins ... More About: Software , Technology , Open Source , Drive
DisplayPort - What is it?
2007-10-24 20:52:00 DisplayPort is a new player in the world of, well, display ports. There’s VGA, DVI, HDMI, and now there’s DisplayPort. bit-tech.net has a nice article on it. A single-link DVI connection has enough bandwidth to display resolutions up to and including 1920×1200 at 60Hz (a 24″ monitor, typically), which is fine for most people. However, ... More About: Hardware , Technology
Martha Washington by Frank Miller
2007-10-22 18:29:00 Martha Washington is one of Frank Miller s independently published works. The story is set in a dystopian near-future where the United States have split into several extremist factions, and tells the story of Martha Washington, a young African American girl from a ghetto called “The Green”. The series starts with Martha’s birth and sees her ... More About: Comic
Guitar Hero III 360 Demo
2007-10-19 13:35:00 There are a number of what would be called “legitimate” ways to grab the new Xbox 360 guitar hero III demo. You could purchase the new Tony Hawk game which includes a copy of the disc, or grab a copy of the new Official Xbox magazine. If your cheap (like me) and you really don’t ... More About: Guitar , Hack , Demo , Hero , Guitar Hero
Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon Available Now
2007-10-18 14:11:00 Gutsy Gibbon has been officially released out into the wild. They’ve added a slew of new features and fixes to make it even more appealing to the people looking to move away from Windows. Some of the new features include: 1. GNOME 2.20 2. Desktop 3D effects 3. ... More About: Open Source , Ubuntu , Gutsy Gibbon , Gutsy , Available
Linux Vs Mac: Which is a Better Windows Alternative
2007-10-16 12:43:00 Network Computing put together a decent comparison between Linux and Mac. Normally you will see Linux vs Windows or Mac vs Windows because everyone wants to be Windows. Linux Conclusion: Linux gives you freedom on many levels: the freedom to tinker, the freedom to work without arbitrary constraints on your system setup, and the freedom to ... More About: Apple , Open Source , Alternative
Asustek P5E3 - The Motherboard With Linux Built In
2007-10-12 13:52:00 ASUSTeK has released a motherboard that has Linux built right into the motherboard. You can turn it on and safely access the internet without having to install any operating systems and the boot time to get into this Linux would almost instant (the same could be done with a USB drive and a motherboard that ... More About: Hardware , Motherboard
5 Free HD-DVD Promotion Extended
2007-10-10 13:38:00 If you’re going to get the HD-DVD drive for your Xbox360 you also get 5 free HD-DVD movies with it. The promotion has been extended until the end of February. Once you get your HD-DVD drive you get to choose one movie from each of the categories below. I took the liberty of bolding the ... More About: Entertainment , Promotion , Free , Deal , Extended
The Woman Defeated By The RIAA Fights Back
2007-10-08 23:17:00 The woman hit with the $220,000 verdict for making just 24 songs available through a P2P application has announced on her Myspace blog that she is going to appeal. The internet today is a lot like the speakeasy’s of the past. It was once illegal to drink alcohol but everybody wanted to do it so ... More About: Music , Entertainment , Fights , Back , Woman
Basics of RSS Video
2007-10-08 18:51:00 I just love how this video explains the basics of RSS. If you like this video check out the other videos offered by the same group below. Wikis in Plain English Social Networking in Plain English Social Bookmarking in Plain English Share This More About: Video , Technology , Basics
Verizon?s Answer To The iPhone - LG VX10000
2007-10-04 02:50:00 Opened up, this phone looks a lot like the LG enV with a full QWERTY keyboard but when you close it there is a strong resemblance to the iPhone. It doesn’t look near as sleek as the iPhone but it looks like it has similar functionality. Share This More About: Iphone , Answer , Verizon , Gizmos , Izon
Amazing Free Image Resizing Tool
2007-10-02 15:24:00 Back in August we posted a video of an amazing image resizing tool which was subsequently snapped up by Adobe (presumably as an upcoming feature in Photoshop). A little over a month later and a new free service has launched called rsizr. Rsizr uses the same “seam carving” technology used in the original demo ... More About: Technology , Web 2 , Free , Tool , Amazing
Joost No Longer Invite Only
2007-10-02 13:56:00 Joost dropped it’s invite only status and is now open to the public. The program is based on P2PTV technology and is expected to deliver (relaying) near-TV resolution images. It turns a PC into an instant on-demand TV without any need for additional set top box. News updates, discussion forums, show ratings, and multi-user chat sessions ... More About: Software , Entertainment , Joost , Invite
Geeks Entertaining Their Way To The Top
2007-09-27 23:42:00 Geeks are making their way to the top. Some of the most popular podcasts are science and technology themed, and a few great TV shows are based around geeks. If they remain the popular trend more are sure to follow. I just got finished watching The Big Bang Theory on AOL’s video site, you can ... More About: Entertainment , Geeks , Entertaining , Entertain
Internet Tax Ban About To Expire
2007-09-26 20:03:00 If the ban is left to expire we could end up paying as much as 17% more for our current internet connections. Most ISPs are for a permanent ban, but many states want to be able to tax internet services. The ban was originally instituted in 1998 and prohibited local and state governments from collecting ... More About: Internet , Technology
Halo?Past, Present and Future
2007-09-25 12:49:00 Share This More About: Halo , Gaming , Future , Past , Present
New Version Of GMail Coming Soon
2007-09-24 23:31:00 Gmail was launched on April 1, 2004, and has revolutionized the way many of us use email. The interface has remained largely untouched since it launched, but get ready, it?s soon to undergo a change in what they describe as a ?New Version ?. Only a select few people have access to use the new interface ... More About: Gmail
TV Production Companies Reailze The Value Of The Internet
2007-09-20 23:31:00 There are a couple of different stories floating around today about ABC and NBC offering ways to watch their programs online for free. After NBC left iTunes and put their shows on Amazon, they must have realized that their potential to sell shows took a major nose dive. So they are now going to offer ... More About: Internet , Companies , Entertainment , Production , The Internet
1000 Comments and Counting
2007-09-20 22:17:00 In our first six months of existence teckh.com has amassed a total of close to 1000 comments. Many of the comments were related to the Joost invites we filled a few months back when the service launched in invite-only mode. We are actually in the high 900’s and closing in on 1000. In honor of this, the 1000th ... More About: Comments , Counting
Ventus by Karl Schroeder Free Download
2007-09-18 16:32:00 Karl Schroeder’s book Ventus has been released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs license and is free to download. From Amazon: Jordan Mason of the planet Ventus comes from a long line of stoneworkers, and he has a clear understanding of his place in his world. He is subservient to the aristocracy, who in turn bow to the ... More About: Books , Download , Free
X-Men: Ronin Not A Bad Read
2007-09-18 16:21:00 X-Men: Ronin was a 5 issue series based in Marvel’s Mangaverse - The series depicts an alternate Marvel universe (and possibly a splinter version of said universe) in which the characters are drawn and portrayed in a Manga-like style. (wikipedia) The art and the story were pretty good, good enough to keep me reading all the ... More About: Comic , Read
Turn Your Old Xbox Into A Top Notch Media Center
2007-09-14 22:16:00 Lifehacker has put together a guide to quickly modding your Xbox and adding Xbox Media Center Why do you want an Xbox Media Center ? Because underneath your television there’s a powerful little black computer gathering dust ever since you finished Halo 2, and it’s got a sizable hard drive, fast processor, and most importantly, an ethernet port ... More About: Technology , Entertainment
iPhone Ringtones for FREE (GUI Edition)
2007-09-13 17:17:00 Since Apple decided to charge $0.99 to create an iphone ringtone from an already purchased $0.99 track, of course it was going to be hacked. Who wants to pay $1.98 for a ringtone? An early hack popped up and a subsequent release of itunes promptly fixed the hole. A secondary exploit was discovered ... More About: Shopping , Technology , Mobile , Iphone
NBC Releases Pilot Episodes On Amazon Free
2007-09-12 00:58:00 NBC has released the pilot episodes of four new TV shows for free through Amazon ’s Unbox. The shows are scheduled to air on TV in a couple of weeks but you can watch them now on your computer. The shows include Bionic Woman, Chuck, Journey Man and Life. If you remember NBC announced that they ... More About: Entertainment , Free , Episodes , Pilot
Frank Miller?s Ronin
2007-09-10 23:54:00 Ronin is a 6 issue limited series comic written by Frank Miller (of Sin City and 300 fame). Ronin is about a samurai whose soul becomes trapped inside a sword. The soul of his enemy is also trapped in the sword until a scientist finds the sword many years later. The scientist shoots a laser at ... More About: Comic , Ronin
D-Link Giveaway Reminder
2007-09-08 21:09:00 Anyone out there looking for a new top of the line router and card? Look no further than the great duo we here at Teckh.com are giving away. D-Link was nice enough to provide us with the hardware that we are now passing on to one of our lucky readers. Head on over to ... More About: D-Link , Reminder , Remi
Automatically Download ipfilter.dat
2007-09-07 20:07:00 Some of our readers requested a way to have the ipfilter.dat file for uTorrent download automatically. Below is a script that you will need to copy into notepad, edit the save location to match your ipfilter.dat location, then save it as a .vbs file. If you want you can just run the file you save ... More About: Technology , Download , Hack , Ally
Charge Your USB Devices Through The Planes Audio Jack
More articles from this author:2007-09-07 15:31:00 This is a very cool gadget from a company called Inflight Power. The device plugs into the audio adapter of the plane and turns the power from the audio jack into power to keep your USB devices charged. This is a great device, if you are on the plane for a long time the batteries ... More About: Technology , Audio , Devices , Charge , Gizmos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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