What is on my mind...en.gigazine.net/index.php?/news/commentThis is the chart showing "Negative American Dream". Green bar shows average income, and red bar shows total accumlated debt. The numerals under bars are ages. -------------------------------- www.artlebedev.com Optimus keyboards from the design company, Art. Lebedev Studio, headquartered out of Russia. In particular the Optimus Maximus keyboard, which is around $1600 US, and the Tactus concept keyboard, both of which are fucking awesome. -------------------------------- Kubuntu I have decided to delve into the world of linux through this KDE Ubuntu distro. I am very happy so far and am eager to learn the ins and outs of this OS. Why haven't I started using linux before now? Because I was ignorant thats why. Linux is just downright fun to use. Everyone should try it out. -------------------------- en.gigazine.net An awesome japanese media news website similar to joystiq.com. I was very happy to find this website because the topics range from video game reviews/previews/etc, anime reviews/previews/etc, collectable figurines, movie previews, upcoming electronic/hardware previews/reviews, and much more. I found this site very useful, I guess it is because I love japanese culture and the artistic direction of their media, and I like the eastern perspective in their articles. ------------------------- Sony Announced 2TB “Memory Stick XC” - en.gigazine.net/index.php?/news/comment The spec of "Memory Stick XC duo" and "Memory Stick XC Micro". Theoretically it's as fast as 160Mbps, and capable of 2TB in maximum. "Memory Stick XC-HG Duo" and "Memory Stick XC-HG Micro". "HG" is the faster version of Memory Stick series, which has 480Mbps speed. It's just standardized and there has been no announcement on commercialization yet. ----------------------------------- Sharp Netwalker Sharp Electronics, introduced their PC-Z1 "Netwalker" device in August of 2009 with a promised ship date of October 2009. This device features a 5.5" touchscreen, runs Ubuntu on an ARM Cortex-A8 based Freescale i.MX515 and is packaged in a small clamshell design. Sharp reports that the device weighs less than 500 grams and will run 10 hours on one battery charge. The device is said to run 720p video, and have both 2D and 3D graphics acceleration. It comes with Adobe Flash Lite 3.1 installed. Unlike most PDA's, the product is installed with full version of Ubuntu Linux. So, theoretically, Netwalker can run any software written for Ubuntu, if you succeed in compiling the source code. -------------------------- The Rooster Teeth logo had me thinking about something, that I should've caught onto years ago. It is outright common sense and I feel like an idiot for not connecting these dots yet. The name Rooster Teeth is a euphemism for Cockbite, an insult used in one of the group's trailers. --------------------------- Hitachi's "Full Parallax 3D Display" which allows you to see objects in 3D from every angle without tacky glasses or crossing your eyes were exhibited at CEATEC JAPAN 2009. en.gigazine.net/index.php?/news/comment -------------------------- Yakuza 4: Heir To The Legend - en.gigazine.net/index.php?/news/comment -------------------------- Legendary cybersphere anime “serial experiments lain” coming to Blu-ray "serial experiments lain" is one of the early cyber-punk anime in 1998. Radically depicting coming cybersphere the anime earned a cult following, along with famous Ghost in the Shell franchise. 11 years from the first airing, "lain" producer revealed on his blog that the anime is now coming on Blu-ray. ------------------------------- Japanese Horror Flick “Grotesque” Banned in Britain ------------------------------- “Process Hacker” will help you unveil mysteries of “svchost.exe” If you are a Windows user, and especially who has been working on optimization, you should have noticed mysterious application "svchost.exe" appears in Task Manager(the little window shown by Ctrl+Alt+Del). Actually it's a software managing network-relateds but sometimes it's used as a camouflage for virus software. With this software "Process Hacker", you can monitor your machine activity more precisely than standard Task Manager. You can check out not only what each application is doing but also CPU and network usage on your machine. ----------------------------- H001(by Hitach) - en.gigazine.net/index.php?/news/comment World's first 3D-enabled 3.1 inch full WXGA+ IPS LCD, with a pet name "Wooo ke-tai". It can show movie contents like "LISMO Video", One-segment TV, games, photos in 3D style. The image engine "Picture Master for Mobile" with new function "Double Tone Optimizer" will show high-contrast images. 5.0M pixel digital camera with face detecting focus support and anti-shaking technology. Bluetooth enabled. |
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