A Virus to Charge Your Cell Phone? Posted by
squeeks
19 May 2012
at 10:27 AM
Thats right, some scientists from Berkley have developed an organism virus (not a computer virus) that will charge your electronic dodads
"The researchers said they have successfully engineered viruses that create electricity in response to mechanical stress. In an experiment, they coated a stamp-sized electrode with the virus, which then generated electricity as soon as the scientists tapped the surface of the stamp." ~Toms Hardware
What Happens After You Hit Send? Posted by
squeeks
17 May 2012
at 10:01 AM
Ever wonder about the journey your email takes after you hit send from your favorite email client?
Fortunatly google has been nice enough to make a cute video for all of us to see what happens after you send your email!
15 May 2012
Zombie apocalypse? Theres an app for that. Posted by
Paintballgirl
15 May 2012
at 2:14 PM
Well thanks to Yellow Pages there soon will be. Australias Yellow Pages is having a competition to see who can create the best "how to survive the zombie apocalypse" app. With the catch being you have to use it with their directory. So I'm thinking something like: Sam's grocery store: has food and gun stash in back, watch for Sam, crazy old coot. Turn left 0.4 miles, large yellow building on left. Of course how you would get all the info needed I have no idea, but still, it would still be awesome.
Halo 4 Posted by
Paintballgirl
12 May 2012
at 7:07 PM
That's right Master Chief fans, your hero is scheduled to return on November 6th of this year.
Halo 4 is to be the beginning of a new trilogy titled the "Reclaimer Trilogy" that will resume where Halo 3 left off, ( A pair of two trilogy's set in a futuristic sci-fi world, with invading army's and light swords? This sounds oddly familiar...) With a few major differences being that these new titles will be developed by 343 Industries instead of Bungie, who has developed all of the past titles in the Halo franchise, And instead of the famed lead composer from past titles; Martin O'Donnell, 343 Industries has brought in Neal Davidge, Who says he intends to add "a touch of romance" to the score as well as adding more electronic sounds whilst still keeping it grounded in the "Halo" universe. He intends to keep the feel that Martin O'Donnell originally created 10 years ago but will not use any of the previous themes composed for previous games, opting instead to create a whole new set for the new trilogy.
Get diablo III at midnight. Call in sick next morning. Posted by
goodspeed
11 May 2012
at 3:52 PM
Well folks it's three days until the long awaited Diablo III is released. The question is, What will you be doing? If you are a dedicated fan of the series perhaps you will attend one of the many midnight release parties, Which you can find here:
And if you are a mega-fan you could always attend the Raid party happening at the Irvine Spectrum Center in Irvine, California. Starting at 8 P.M. PDT, Monday, May 14th, Gamestop will be throwing an epic bash featuring exclusive reveals, cosplayers and giveaways like laser-etched PC desktops. Plus, get your game signed by the masters of Sanctuary themselves, the members of the Blizzard team. And for those of you who can't make it, Machinima will be livestreaming the entire event here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RBCEV1yyD8
Happy Raiding! -Paintballgirl(TPF)
11 May 2012
Whiptail flashes new kit, launches 72TB storage monster Posted by
goodspeed
11 May 2012
at 3:19 PM
Looking for more storage? Like to dabble in Flash Memory? Then check out the new Flash array from Whiptail.
"Whiptail, the flash array startup from Whippany, New Jersey, has boosted and renamed its XLR8r flash array, and launched a 72TB flash storage monster called INVICTA.
The XLR8r array becomes ACCELA, a brand name reminiscent of New England's high-speed Acela train service, and gets this new stuff:
Random Read IOPS go from >175,000 to 200,000. Random writes stay at 250,000 Sequential writes is listed at 1.9GB/sec – previously it was 2GB/sec.
Whiptail says it is run by the Racerunner O/S and has "protected write buffers and complete VMWare vCenter management, including the industry’s first complete implementation of native VAAI". Data protection is via RAID, with levels 0, 1, 5, 6 and 10. The product's flash has a claimed seven-year working life."
