Why i left a particular Forum called Chip Forum

Well, first of all, i really started disliking the community there.Jealousy,rivalry,greed,hatred.... u name it, that forum has the highest number of newbies who try to act like a pro, and end up sucking at it. And the Admins, well..lets just say they are the real victims here.
And thank God i opted out from the Moderator post.When the Big man at the CHIP magazine invited me for joining the Mod group,in an attempt to cleanse out the vile heathen that plagued the forum, i miraculously opted out. Reasons??

Well, i have exams coming up.And no just in April,i have another one after that in June..That sort of makes me occupied the first half of this year..

Secondly, well,i felt there are ppl more DESERVING than me. I don't see "experience" as a factor, or the number of POSTS made.Its the attitude that matters. Whats the point of having a really old Chipper as a Moderator when he himself needs moderation. There is a friend of mine aliased as "S H A R P T O O T H" who has always been the ire of jealousy. We have discussed several times and i HAVE also OBSERVED that there are many ppl who would want him out

And they did succeed.

Now imagine if i was a MOD, man i wouldn't have lasted a week!

Anyway,Sharpy my friend..you really held your own...u really showed what a true being should be like, mellow, patient and most important-MATURE-.

Here's to Chippers...njoy ur stay there, and savour the taste of victory u got in your vile attempt.
Amen

Virtual Keyboard

Pros:
*Really Cool.
*Actually works.
*Easy to pair and operate.
*Small and Portable
*Has a button at the bottom so if you lift it up, it will auto-shutoff.

Cons:
*Takes some time to get used to the keyboard since your not typing on keys that spring back up.
*Doesn't work well on glossy surfaces due to it reflecting.
*Operating time is about 2 hours which is kind of low

Moved from Wordpress to Blogger

Well, usually ppl move to WP from Blogger. Well, i sort of did the other way round, i moved from WP to Blogger...
Now what made me do this...hmmm
Well firstly, WP doesnt have customizable templates, though i must admit that Blogger does lack Category system(which i always ignore).
Anyway, my biggest gripe was regarding ADs. WP doesnt let you have ADs on ur blog, unless u are some VIPBlog or some Self-Hosted Blog etc etc..somthing like that. Basically,those who dont have their own webspace, they can SOD off..Yeaa right! Look at xiaxue, she's earning grands every month on free blogger.
Take that WP fanaticos!!

Super Compact Mouse from MoGo

The MoGo Wireless Mouse is a business-card sized, Bluetooth-enabled mouse that stores and recharges neatly inside (yes, inside…) your laptop’s PC card slot. To recharge your MoGo Mouse, just slide it into the empty PC card slot in your laptop. It will fully recharge in less than an hour and provide you with enough power for about 8 or 9 hours of use.

As you can imagine, the MoGo Mouse is specifically designed for people who spend a lot of time traveling like writers, reporters and sales reps. Other mice, even those meant for travelers, usually don’t cut it. Mini-mice (aka “walnut shells”) get lost in your hand and are difficult to maneuver, and the idea of carrying a full-sized mouse defeats the entire purpose of mobility on the go.

The MoGo Mouse is a natural fit for road warriors. Storing it inside you PC Card (PCMCIA) slot is pure genius and the fact that it charges there is just the icing on the cake. The only thing I’d like to see in future models is a scroll wheel. I know that the size of it makes it hard to have a wheel but maybe a touch wheel, like one some laptops, could have been possible.

iDJ iPod Dj Mixer

The iDJ is a compact mixing console with 2 built-in iPod docks. Mixing directly from your iPods gives you the ability to utilize thousands tracks from your iTunes collection at your next party or event. If you need to pull audio from additional sources, you’ll be happy to know that the iDJ has two additional turntables or MP3/CD players inputs. I can see how this would come in handy at an event like a wedding where someone ends up handing the DJ a CD at the last minute.

The iDJ Mixer is both Firewire and USB2.0 compatible, so you can use 3rd Generation iPods (iPod mini, iPod photo) or newer generation models as well.

Technical Details

• Voltage: 110
• Length: 18.5 inches;Height: 5.75 inches;Width: 14.0 inches
• Weight: 7.0 pounds
• Inputs - 2 iPod, 2 Line (CD/MP3), 2 Phono (Turntable), & 1 Microphone
• Outputs - Master RCA, Record RCA, S-Video, Headphone (1/8 & 1/4)
• Compatible with 3rd & 4th generation iPods, iPod Minis, & iPod Photo
• Compatible with Firewire & USB 2.0 iPod connectors

Mechanical Rope Climber

Some students of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology developed a rope climbing device that is able to carry 250 pounds, moving up the rope at 10 feet per second. Not quite impressed? Imagine that the little gizmo will be able to reduce the time that a fire-fighter needs to reach the top of a 30-story building from 6 minutes to just 30 seconds.

The device was featured on the Technology Review magazine with a quite suitable title: “A Tool Worth of Batman’s Utility Belt”. Here is a quote from the article “The Atlas rope climber can be attached at any point along a rope–a rescue worker could get onto a line from a second-story window, for example. It takes about 10 seconds to wrap the rope three times around the capstan. The climbing device can’t shoot a rope up to the top of a building, but Ball says the army already uses grappling hooks to set ropes that soldiers must then climb by hand.”

The key insight to build the rope climber was based on the idea of wraping the rope around a cylinder with many turns, which increases the grip strength drastically without damaging the rope. The students founded a company called Atlas Devices, and they already have a contract to supply the U.S. Army.

World of Warcraft on Samsung UMPC

Yes, that's World of Warcraft running on a UMPC. How sweet is that? I had heard rumors of people getting WoW to run, but seeing it in action really looks great. I wouldn't go on a raid on my UMPC, but I'd definitely go visit the auction house!

LG Employs ATI Graphics for Mobile 3D Gaming

LG Electronics will include the IMAGEON 2300 media processor from ATI Technologies in its forthcoming SV360 phone. The phone employs a 320x240 landscape LCD display and using the IMAGEON 2300, it is able to render scenes containing over 10,000 triangles per frame. The ATI IMAGEON 2300 supports the OpenGL ES 1.0 mobile gaming API.

In addition to its hefty 3D capabilities, the SV360 also features a 3D user interface, a gyroscopic controller and stereo speakers.
Amongst the day's new phones, one puts all others to shame in terms of graphics horsepower. The new SV360 by LG boasts an accelerator chip capable of displaying 1 million polygons per second, around 5 times faster than anything else out there (and with what appears to be Gran Turismo 1). Not only that, but motion sensors built into the handset will allow users to control their games simply by moving their handset in physical space. The gaming experience is displayed on a 2.2 inch LCD built into a mini laptop design. With the graphic performance and motion sensors, what else will keep from people playing Dance Dance Revolution on the subway?

XXX decides the future of HD format WAR

If this is true, it's Beta vs VHS all over again and HD-DVD may be the foregone winner of the format wars. First, Heise reports (summarized from the German by sgknox.com) that Digital Playground, who were committed to Blu-ray last year, are now producing HD-DVD titles instead. No Blu-ray disk manufacturer would make their disks because Sony doesn't want porn on Blu-ray (just as with Betamax). Second, as reported by tgdaily, the porn industry overwhelmingly favors HD-DVD because it's much cheaper and easier to produce. As noted in the tgdaily article, porn was a huge factor in VHS winning the VHS/Beta format wars even though many people don't like to acknowledge it. Porn, like gaming, pushes tech adoption.

Above is the box cover of Joone's Pirates, first XXX rated movie on HD format,also the winner of AVN Best Adult motion picture. I personally recommend this..its different, i assure u :)

Running Old softwares in VIsta

One concern for Windows XP users is if their favorite software applications will run once they upgrade to Vista.
Luckily, Windows Vista uses a feature called Compatibility Mode which tells the software application that Vista is actually an older OS, specifically Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 2000, or XP.

Here's how it works:

If your software application won't install, open or work properly, right click on the application's .exe file. Select Properties and then click the Compatibility tab. From there, pick the previous Windows operating system you were on (most likely Windows XP). If you're a system operator, you can set this up as an administrator to make it easier for your staff.

Pick your Next-Gen poison

GeForce 8600 and GeForce 8300 are the two series of graphics cards which will fill the void beneath NVIDIA's already launched 8800 series. Based on the G84 core 8600 Ultra and GT will have 64 and 48 shader processors respectively with cores running at 500MHz and 350MHz. With a 256-bit memory bus and memory speeds at 1400MHz and 1200MHz the cards will replace the 7600 series of today. The launch date for these cards is about the same as for when ATI will launch R600, that is, around CeBIT at the start of March. Except from the 8600 series Bear Eyes has also published specifications for 8300 GT and 8300 GS (via VR-Zone).

These cards will replace the 7300 series of today and is based on the G86, an 80nm core. The number of shader processors has been halved to 32 and 24 respectively, while both cores will work at 500MHz. The GT model will have slightly faster memories though, 1200MHz vs. 1000MHz. With a 128-bit bus and up to 256MB the performance will most likely be reflected by the price. Below is a table with the cards of today completed with the coming.

Name	Shaders	Core(MHz)	Memory(MHz)	Memory(MB)	Memory(buss)	Price
8800GTX	128	575	1800	768	384bit	$599
8800GTS	96	500	1600	640	320bit	$399
8800GTS	96	500	1600	320	320bit	$299
8600 Ul.	64	500	1400	<512	256bit	$179
8600 GT	48	350	1200	<256	256bit	$129
8300 GT	32	500	1200	<256	128bit	<$99
8300 GS	24	500	1000	<256	128bit	<$79

iPhone fastest mobile ever!!

3 ARM Processor goodness!!
Earlier this year during MacWorld 2007, Steve Jobs introduced the world to Apple's iPhone. The phone, which is available in 4GB and 8GB varieties, set many hearts ablaze with its sleek, touch screen interface and music/widescreen movie playback capabilities.

Today, we have word that the Apple iPhone contains no less than three ARM processors under its touch screen display. Warren East, president and CEO of ARM Holding, wouldn't comment on exactly how many and what type would be used, but noted that "ARM is in 90 percent of the world's [mobile phone] handsets; we're in WiFi, baseband processors and applications processors and most of the world's MP3 players. So it's at least three."

Word on the street, however, is that the iPhone's main processor will be the Marvell PXA320 which was developed by Intel as a part of the XScale processor family. Marvell purchased Intel's XScale division for $600 million USD in June of 2006.

The Marvell PXA320 is available in speeds up to 806MHz (256KB L2 cache); however, there have been samples of the chips demonstrated at 1.2GHz. The processor features Intel SpeedStep and MusicMax technology for comprehensive power management. Also supported is a Wireless MMX 2 2D accelerator with a 768KB frame buffer and support for up to 5MP digital cameras.

Source-DailyTech

W.M.D ----Case Mod not for the weeny souls

The big baddie of all case modes, this WMD i actually a cabinet which has water cooling, a countdown-style LED, slide out motherboard, a set of vandal-resistant switches, two power supplies etc etc.Reminds you of those Nuke devices Hollywood agents try to disarm ("no,cut the green wire"),this beast is the project originated as an idea at the end of 2003, my a group called G-GNOME.COmpanies like Shuttle, AMD, Engelking, Western Digital, Corsair, Creative, Sapphire were part of the sponsor team

The optical drive is a Panasonic UJ-845-B, slimline DVD burner

For the radiator,120mm Black Ice Xtreme Pro radiators were cut and welded together to create an ultra-compact 2x120 rad - exactly the width of the two 120mm fans on it

LCD mounting work in progress

Wii will rock you!! PS3 Laguishes...

According to Compete.com, the interest in the Xbox 360 in major online retail outlets passed up the PS3 on November 25th, which is the same time Amazon.com offered up the $100 Xbox 360. Since October, interest in all three consoles grew at an increasing rate, but only the PS3 has suffered any sort of decline. Online demand for the PS3 is on a decline since the unit launched, most likely attributed to the fact people can't find them.