Submit your breaking news stories and original articles to us by contacting us

Flock Browser Gets an Update (0.5.11)


By now, you’ve probably heard about the web broser, Flock. Flock is based off of Firefox and integrates various web services directly into the browser. Of course, the software is still in beta so there are still quite a few bugs that are left to be fixed. The latest updates are ones that were needed […]

Filed under: Open Source

Convert YouTube videos for your iPod

The good people over at Uneasy Silence have put together a good tutorial on converting YouTube videos so that you can play them on your video iPod.
After the completion of this tutorial, Windows users will have the luxury of loading their iPod video players with enough entertaining content to last the rest of this cold […]

Filed under: Apple

Petabyte in 5 Years?

I am always in need of more storage space, but I don’t think I will need 1,073,741,824 megabytes of storage in five years…will I?
Well it looks like one inventor has already come up with a way to get to the Petabyte mark and is hoping to see a drive hit the commercial shelves in […]

Filed under: News

Intel: A Core New Low

Someone over at Firing Squad does not like the way Intel is running its business and thinks that the latest CPU is nothing more than another response to the AMD threat, instead of truely innovating.
That Intel, the old Intel, led the way.
How times have changed.
The problem is that Intel isn’t responding to the AMD challenge. […]

Filed under: News

PS3 Will Cost $900 To Produce

Gamespot News is reporting that the Sony Playstation 3 will cost Sony $900 to produce, and that the release is still a year away.
“Our updated analysis indicates that the initial bill of [production] materials for PS3 could approach $900,” read the report. The report said that the production cost of a single Cell processor will […]

Filed under: News

Apple Hosts Special Event On February 28

Apple has sent out invitations to a Special Media Event, scheduled for Tuesday, February 28. The invitation, sporting an enlarged iCal-like icon does not give any immediate hints at what the event might be about, only stating “Come see some fun new products from Apple.”

Filed under: Apple

Safari Security Hole

Just when Mac users (myself included) were claiming that the recently released Trojan was of no immediate threat, it turns out that Safair has a security flaw that allows it to automatically execute shells scripts.
Shortly after reports of the first virus for Mac OS X, a new security flaw has surfaced. The culprit is the […]

Filed under: General

Sony PSP to be Launched with Nand Flash

According to New Launches Sony is set to release a “new” version of the PSP with an incorporated 8GB nand-flash, rendering the current memory sticks pretty useless and setting them once again as the expensive luxuries they used to be regarded as.
The good news for current PSP owners is that this new PSP will probably […]

Filed under: PSP

17″ MacBook by June

AppleInsider is reporting that Apple is planning to have a 17″ version of its MacBook Pro ready by the WWDC in June.
The new flagship model, which will based around a 17-inch widescreen display and feature at least a 2.16GHz Intel Core Duo processor, is expected to round-out Apple’s MacBook Pro product line.
Despite optimism from some […]

Filed under: Apple

Sony’s New HD (1080i) Camcorder (HDR-HC3)

Sony has just released an interesting little number, an HD Camcorder that records on the best tv resolution available to the market today.

This little baby only weighs 500g and can take pictures that are only 1 Megapixel lower than my camera’s maximum (in other words it can take 4 MP pixels). It also features very […]

Filed under: Gadgets

“Only” 6 SKU’s for Windows Vista

Unlike the up to 30 “versions” of Windows Vista that was rumoured a long time ago, it looks like there will only be around 6, and even two of those are versions made for countries like the UK that does not allow the packaging of certain Microsoft software in the mix.
Windows Vista Enterprise
Windows Vista […]

Filed under: General

Intel’s ICH8 to Drop PATA Support

It looks like Intel’s new southbridge ICH8 will not support PATA, which is what most people still use to connect their DVD Burners and other optical drives.
“Intel Confidential” discussing Intel’s upcoming ICH8 South Bridge that will be used in future chipsets. Besides adding support for up to 10 USB ports (up from 8 in ICH7), […]

Filed under: News

MAX Media Player for DS

This is almost a reason to buy the Nintendo DS, as you can now play full length movies thanks to the MAX Media Player.

At the heart of MAX Media Player for DS is Datel’s exclusive MAX Media Player. Just insert the cartridge into your DS’s game slot, and boot up our fully featured browser. From […]

Filed under: Gadgets

5 Things You Didn’t Know About Pro Gamers

AskMen.com has a cool article up about Pro Gamers. It was my dream, and probably the dream of around a hundred thousand other children at the time to all become Pro Gamers or Game Testers, and it looks like some people, like Fatal1ty are living that dream.
1 - You can make serious bank
2 - Cyber […]

Filed under: Articles

A Newsvine Review

I have been in the Newsvine beta for a few months now, and thought I would write up a quick review for those that haven’t seen/used it yet. As a news site, it is a great resource. It has become my defacto online news source, easily beating out CNN and other big news sites. It […]

Filed under: News

Google Maps Nighttime

A Georgia Tech student took the classic image of the the earth at night and combined it with Google Maps using the API to produce a nighttime and dusk version of Google Maps.
It’s kind of cool, although when you really zoom in on it, you can se where the map and the image are about […]

Filed under: Resources
EatonWeb Portal
Performancing Metrics