The Gateway LT2105u Netbook for just $249.95

This is an interesting netbook under the Gateway brand, which is now part of Acer and so therefore, we can suspect that much of design comes straight out of an Acer Aspire One.

Nevertheless, having said that, this is the Gateway LT2105u Netbook and it offers the buyer a nice but predictable 10.1 inch widescreen back light LED display with a native resolution of 1024 x 600. It will also be running the 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N450 Cache L2 512 KB processor and the graphics come through the integrated Intel GMA 3150 with 64 MB dedicated graphics card.


As netbooks go, the Gateway LT2105u comes with the backing of Acer and despite that has a nice individual styling to it, it comes with average specs and it not going to set the computing world on fire, but then again this is a netbook with a $250 price tag, you cannot have everything!

This is a netbook designed to look good and make computing on the move, fun and easy, it does that with issues. The 3 cell battery will give the user a good three to four hours of use and the whole thing only weighs in at less than three pounds, so it is ideal for the user who is out of the office for half a day or so!


Here are the specs for the value for money Gateway LT2105u Netbook finished in Night Sky Black, it comes with the now standard 10.1 inch 1024 x 600 pixel resolution LED back light display, running an 1.66 GHz Intel Atom N450 processor, an Intel GMA 3150 graphics card, a 1 GB RAM, a 160 GB hard drive, a web cam, Wi-Fi, a 3 cell battery and is pre-installed with Windows 7 Starter the 32 bit version operating system.

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Facebook Will Add Video-Conference Features

Facebook could start offering video-conference service for its 600+ million users. The biggest social network in the world could make a partnership with Skype for this, as we are being told by Bloomberg Business. Sources from the company (Facebook) declared for the American publication that the discussions and negotiations between the two companies started since last year.

Skype was founded in 2003 by the Swedish entrepreneur Niklas Zennström and Dane Janus Friis. The Skype software was developed by Estonian developers Ahti Heinla, Priit Kasesalu and Jaan Tallinn, the same individuals who together with Niklas and Janus were also originally behind the peer-to-peer file sharing software Kazaa. In April 2003, Skype.com and Skype.net domain names were registered. In August 2003, the first public beta version was released. At the moment, their membership base is more than 650 million people, pretty much the same figure that Facebook has.



Introducing a video-conferencing service would be considered as an answer from the social network to Google and Apple, companies that are already offering this feature through their software platforms. Currently, the video-conferences represent 41% of the total connections being made using Skype.

Some Facebook functions are already integrated in the newest versions of the client-program Skype and if this partnership will come to an end, the video calls will be done directly using the browser.

Facebook announced last year a new communications platform which will grant unified access to the instant messaging system offered by the company and an email account based on such addresses as user@facebook.com

The new video-conference system could be integrated in the platform that Facebook will released and which isn’t yet public, being still tested.

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Video Game Market Continues to Expand

U.S video game sales are up, with the market for hardware, software, and accessories expanding by 3 percent in February compared with the same time last year. While it may not be the only successful gaming device, Microsoft Corp’s Xbox 360 and Kinect motion-sensing controller have been flying of the shelves and making the biggest impact on the market.

Market Researcher NPD Groups have reported that $1.36 billion was spent on gaming technology in February 2011. This figure is made up from money spent on consoles, mobile devices, game, and accessories, and is up from $1.33 billion from the year before. What makes this growth even more impressive is that it had absolutely nothing to do with portable devices, with portable sales down a whopping 27 percent.

However, the drop in the portable market is down to timing more than anything else, with consumers anticipating the up-and-coming Nintendo 3DS. The Xbox 360 had its biggest ever month, mostly because of the highly successful bundled sales of Xbox 360 consoles and Kinect controllers. Digital downloads and social network gaming is also having a big effect, even though software as a whole was down by 8 percent.

“Full game and add-on content digital downloads, social network gaming, and consumer purchases of mobile apps are some of the areas where we’ve seen the greatest percentage growth over last year,” said NPD analyst Anita Frazier. Points cards are also doing well, making up 22 percent of the entire gaming accessories market in February, a growth that does not look like slowing down any time soon.

“Call of Duty: Black Ops” from Activision Blizzard Inc. was the No. 1 game in February, with many analysts calling it the best-selling game ever made. “Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds” from Capcom USA was the second-best-selling game, followed by “Just Dance 2″ from Ubisoft for the Nintendo Wii platform.

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iPhone 5 With a 4.3 Inch Screen?

The iPad 2 launch is at the corner and the whole tech world is waiting for this moment. At first, there have been only rumors, but now this is an official event – Apple is going to unveil iPad2 on March 2 (according to New York Times and Reuters). Without any doubts, after the release of iPad2, the entire focus will be redirected towards the launch of the long awaited iPhone 5. And, maybe, the buzz around the phone will be bigger, being given the mainstream access that it has and the fact that the iPhone market is bigger than the iPad one.

Even after the release of iPhone4, we have been bombarded by rumors, valid or not; created either solely for some website’s traffic or just to feed the buzz. But, at this moment, all the tattle is slowly transforming into facts and even leaks from the company, with or without intention. One of these “informers” is the glass screen manufacturer, which provides the components for the frontal screen of iPhone5.

However, the full authenticity of this image couldn’t be confirmed; but it gives us some clues about the construction that iPhone 5 could have, by looking at the similarity with iPhone4. We can see that the biggest difference is the increased size of the screen, which extends near the edge of the housing.

As we can see out of these computer modeled we can see that the screen could have the size up to 4.3 inches, which will make the useful area even bigger, creating a visual impact supported by the thinned frame.

Apple is one of the companies that know how to “capitalize” the buzz around a product and to convert it into a strong marketing strategy. When you have millions waiting for your products, it is much easier to work on this. We don’t have yet an official announcement regarding the launch of iPhone 5, but (again) rumor has it that summer could be a good choice.

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Hegemony Gold Wars of Ancient Greece v1.5.0.19577-THETA

Hegemony Gold Wars of Ancient Greece v1.5.0.19577-THETA

In 2010 indie developer Longbow Games released Hegemony: Philip of Macedon, a historical strategy game set in ancient Greece. Today the developer announced that it has released Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece, a downloadable expansion of the original game.The ancient Greeks crafted for themselves a world like no other, a world where each city had its own unique – and often fantastic – culture. From the Spartans, a culture built on a foundation of slavery, a culture that – with no need to earn a living – had dedicated themselves to the ideals of physical perfection, and ironically espoused the virtues of freedom; to the Athenians, a nation of unparalleled art and architecture – the likes of which, even today, remain unmatched in originality and richness – a nation whose constitution afforded democratic power to even the lowest class of citizen; the stories of Greek civilization must have sounded like myth and legend to an outsider.

It was in this environment that the concept of hegemony was born: the idea that one city-state could assert cultural dominance over the entire Greek world.

Despite the eternal struggle for dominance between Athens and Sparta, neither of these giants would forge a lasting hegemony. It was a goal that would remain unfulfilled until Philip of Macedon, king of the relatively unknown nation of Macedonia, revolutionized Greek warfare and conquered the entire Hellenic world, permitting his heir, Alexander the Great, to take the unified army of the Greeks and build an empire so vast that even Julius Caesar was said to be visibly intimidated by the stories of this incredible achievement.

This is the world of ancient Greece. A world of feuding city-states, of heroism and deceit, and of legendary leaders. A world whose monumental legacy would leave our own world forever changed. This is the world of Hegemony.

Publisher: Longbow Digital Arts
Developper: Longbow Digital
Genre: Historic Real-Time Strategy

Release name: Hegemony.Gold.Wars.of.Ancient.Greece.v1.5.0.19577-THETA
Size: 201MB

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Star Ruler v1.0.6.2-OUTLAWS

Star Ruler v1.0.6.2-OUTLAWS

Outlaws released indie/strategy game for PC entitled Star Ruler. Take command of a vast interstellar empire and safeguard your species from total extinction in a procedurally generated 3D galaxy (with the option to flatten it) from 1 System to 10,000+! Prove your species’ ingenuity through a deep and intricate combat system where anything (from individual components on ships to the stars themselves) is a target of opportunity. Twist other Empires into submitting to your galaxy-class wit with diplomacy and wheel-and-deal your way to supremacy. Research new kinds of weapons, engines, shields, and more, all of which retain their unique benefits as the game progresses, with a research web whose contents are shuffled every game at your option. Exploit interstellar phenomena such as asteroid belts and stars and exploit them for yourself or destroy them to deny your foes. Create and destroy new worlds through advanced technological research. Match your strategy against up to 10 other opponents (online or LAN-linked). Save the game when dawn breaks and boot it back up at dusk. It isn’t over until you say it is! Drop in and drop out at any point; disconnecting players will not disrupt the game!

Key features:
    * Vast, Procedurally Generated Galaxies
    * Intricate Ship Design and Exciting Combat
    * Unique Research System
    * Easy to use interface, complex gameplay
    * Engaging AI opponents
    * Extensive modding support
    * Original Soundtrack

Release name: Star.Ruler.v1.0.6.2-OUTLAWS
Size: 167.82 MB

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Modiac DVD Ripper v1.7.0.4063-LAXiTY

Modiac DVD Ripper v1.7.0.4063-LAXiTY

Modiac DVD Ripper is an application that will help you rip and convert DVD movies into a wide range of formats with ease and comfort. The application can use the Nvidia CUDA technology present on Nvidia video cards and thus provide an even faster conversion process.Modiac DVD Ripper is the most powerful,and simple tool for you to rip and convert DVD video content to popular file formats, for instance, you can rip DVD to AVI, DVD to WMV, DVD to MKV, DVD to Mp4 etc. On the other hand, it can decrpt and convert DVD into many popular consoles and devices including iPhone, iPod, iPad, PS3, Xbox, and many cellphones and personal media players.Modiac DVD Ripper is universal that allows user control over it very simply. It’s private accelerating engine make the conversion speed much more faster than other DVD ripper softwares. Futhermore, Modiac DVD Ripper has senior output options which is designed to accomodate experienced users to do professional operations when needed.

Features:
     Rip and convert any DVD
     rip DVD to all popular video/audio file formats
     Can support almost any multimedia device

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Toon Boom Animate Pro v2.0 RETAIL-XFORCE

Toon Boom Animate Pro v2.0 RETAIL-XFORCE

XFORCE group bring us v2 of Toon Boom Animate Pro, a professional animation app. Toon Boom Animate Pro is the most complete professional animation software for cutting-edge animators. It offers award-winning state-of-the-art content creation, animation and compositing toolset for any style of animation, all within a single desktop application. Toon Boom Animate Pro is the only software capable of combining the benefits of vector animation with textured pixmap, preserving artistic details while creating unique organic styles. Developed for animators by animators, Animate Pro is designed to help you achieve the look and feel you are looking for and unleash the endless stylistic possibilities not available in any other technology.

Release Name: TOONBOOM_ANIMATE_PRO_V2.0_RETAIL-XFORCE
Size: 216.52 MB

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Corel VideoStudio Pro X4 v14.0.0.342 Multilingual Incl Keymaker-CORE

Corel VideoStudio Pro X4 v14.0.0.342 Multilingual Incl Keymaker-CORE

In today’s world, there are countless video editing applications available on the market with more and more cropping up every day. Since video recording capabilities are now becoming standard features in smartphones, digital cameras, and other handheld mobile devices, this trend is only going to keep growing. That is, video editing and production is no longer limited to devout hobbyists and budding film makers—nowadays, everyone is making their own video clips and uploading those files to share on sites like YouTube and Facebook. VideoStudio Pro X3 kicks the movie making process into high gear, giving you the ultimate playground for creativity. Your complete HD video-editing program, it gives you a rapid head start with professionally designed templates, real-time, studio-quality effects, polished titles and smooth transitions. Super-charge your workflow with GPU acceleration and multi-core Intel® CPU support for faster editing and rendering. Quickly assemble video clips in new Express Edit mode or go deep with advanced video-editing tools. Then share your videos on YouTube, Facebook®, Vimeo®, DVD, AVCHD™ and Blu-ray discs™, iPod®, PSP® and more.

Features:
    * Complete HD workflow – import, edit, burn and share standard or HD video
    * GPU acceleration – edit and render twice as fast, especially with HD video
    * Professional content – get $500 US worth of studio-quality RevoStock templates
    * Express movie making – create movies in minutes, then fine-tune with advanced editing tools
    * Real-time effects – work fast with live previews of special effects like RotoSketch
    * Blu-ray authoring & burning – author with Hollywood-style DVD menus
    * Online sharing – send directly to YouTube, Vimeo, Facebook and mobile device

Release name: Corel.VideoStudio.Pro.X4.v14.0.0.342.Multilingual.Incl.Keymaker-CORE
Size: 763MB in 17F

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New Technology to Produce Electricity from Waste Heat

New technology that can turn waste heat into energy is about to be tested in very real world conditions.  In separate field tests for the US Air Force and the US Army, Alphabet Energywill test their technology which generates electricity in a solid state phase by sucking up waste heat.

The two pilot programs that will be run by the Air Force and the Army are valued at $750,000 and $730,000 respectively, and will test this technology for use in battlefield situations.  The approach by Alphabet Energy is very innovative, using thermoelectric materials to generate electricity in a solid state.

There are no moving parts involved in this technology at all, and the entire process works through a feedback mechanism that takes energy out of a process that already exists and puts it back in as usable electricity.

While the initial tests are being carried out in a military environment, there are a huge range of different applications for this recovered waste heat technology.  Some possible applications might include metal refining, glass and cement production, automobile manufacturing, and indeed any other industry that has a usable level of waste heat.

Alphabet Energy have published a number of thought provoking statistics at its website:

- Over 60% of the energy we produce is wasted as heat.

- More than half of the energy in a barrel of oil leaves car exhaust as waste heat.

- Alphabet’s technology will be able to offset more than 500 million tonnes of carbon annually.

- Enough electricity could be produced from waste heat worldwide to power the entire United States.

- More waste heat is produced in China, the US, and the EU than total energy throughout the rest of the world, combined.

- Waste heat recovery has the ability to offset 10% of all US greenhouse gas emissions.

- Electricity generated from waste heat is 100% clean.

- Waste heat recovery could replace 600 coal-fired power plants in the US alone.

- Every year, 8,500 Kilowatt-hour of high-quality waste heat are produced in the US.

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How to Make a Multimedia House in 2011

Have you ever asked yourself what is the equipment that you need to be able to watch TV or movies, play or surf on the Internet in any room of your house?

I am going to explain what you need to do to link your gaming console, TV or HD player into a multimedia network; I will try also to suggest the cables you need to use for a top-notch experience.

First of all, you need a HD satellite receiver and a media player (located in the basement). In the room in the left (see the picture above) you have a TV linked to a 4×1 cable with a HDMI cable which has inputs for the basement receivers, Blu Ray player and a console. In the upper room we find a 2×1 switch for the basement source and a gaming console.

What if you have a restaurant or a bar? How would your customer’s experience be if you’d let them delight themselves with multimedia entertaining environment? If you had to buy separate multimedia solutions for each room, the costs would be too big; by having a system as this one, you keep the costs low and make it look more interconnected.

Here is the equipment you need to use:

HDMI H1011 Cable

This “father”-cable allows connecting the HDMI devices (SAT receptor, Blu-ray player, computer, gaming console, etc.) to a HD projector, LCD television or Plasma TV. The cable supports both video and audio, without losing the quality.
Distinctive elements: Length: 1 m; AWG: 28 (0.321 mm); HDMI specification: v1.3b; maximum video resolution: Full HD; Color (12-bit); Transmission speed ip to 10.2 Gb/s: 1080p+ compatible: two filters;

DVB-ST Receiver Ferguson Ariva HDcombo

Ferguson HDcombo is a digital satellite receiver of terrestrial channels (DVB-S/S2 and DVB-T) transmitted both in HD and SD resolution. It has a card reader for pay TV and two CI slots for CAM modules, which offer flexibility when configuring the satellite TV packages. The receiver also supports subtitles. The USB interface and PVR function allows recording.

Distinctive elements: HD channel reception from satellite or DVB-T; PVR function with Time Shift; 720p or 1080i scaling of SD channels, Dolby Digital audio; card reader and CI slots (Common Interface); memory up to 8000 channels; favorites list; EPG; Quick Search for channels; teletext and subtitle support; OSD simple and intuitive menu; compatibility with MPEG-2, MPEG-4, MPEG-4 AVC/H.264; Compatibility with DVB-T, DVB-S i DVB-S2; audio files player, picture viewer, remote.

Connectors: HDMI with HDCP; USB 2.0, 2xSCART; Component (Y, Pb, Pr); CVBS – RCA (Cinch) – video; 2x RCA (Cinch) – audio analog; Optical digital audio output TOSLINK; LAN.

Multimedia Player Ferguson Ariva HDplayer 210

The player displays HD movies (MKV H.264), video from HD cameras (AVCHD), digital resolution images. The device also supports files with brought from the web. It interconnects with USB drives, digital cameras, video cameras and portable media players. It allows audio playing at the highest quality and also in FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec).

The biggest advantage of this media player lies in the compatibility with newest audio and video types, including HD and the audio multichannel ones with a high bit rate. It supports broadcast teletext subtitles and some Internet services. You can incorporate a SATA 3.5” hard disk in the housing which will allow the player to dispose of NAS functions with a BitTorrent client.

Distinctive elements: the possibility of incorporating a HDD with a size up to 2 TB and use as NAS function; HDMI 1.3 connector; audio optic digital output; support for audio multichannel (AC3, DTS); Ethernet interface; 2 USB 2.0 ports; card reader MS/MMC/SD/SDHC; video playback HD MPEG-2 (TS/PS), MPEG-4 (including H264, AVCHD), WMV and other types, supports MKV; audio decoders for MPEG Audio, OGG, DTS, AC3.

Switch/Splitter 2×4

Switch/Splitter Signal-HD HDMI 2×4 allows the user to connect up to 4 monitors/modern TV sets with HDMI entry to two HD sources. The switch button allows you to choose the signal source that you want. The signal from the amplified exit can be transmitted using a HDMI 1.3b cable on distances up to 15 meters. This product is perfect for HD TV stand or for bars where you want to have a match streaming , being able to transmit on 2 monitors a sport match and on other 2 another event.

Distinctive elements: Easy installation, HDMI signal distribution up to 4 monitors/TV; supports HDMI 1.3b, HDCP, DTS Digital, Dolby Digital, DTS-HD, Dolby True HD, 12-bit Deep Color; transmission speed on each channel: 2.25 Gb/s/225 MHz (all channels – 6.75 Gb/s); 1080p, highest resolution -1920 x 1200; Golden connectors

HDMI 2×1 Switch

The switch for HD HDMI 2×1 Signal (H3121) allows connecting to a moder TV with HDMI entrance up to 3 HD signal sources. The signal from the amplified exit can be transmitted using a HDMI 1.3b cable for 15 meter distances.

Distinctive elements: supports HDMI 1.3b; 12-bit Deep Color; transmission speed up to 2.5Gb/s; maximum resolution: 1080p, 1920 x 1200; gilded connectors; remote. This is perfect to connect a satellite receiver, DVD Player, PC or gaming console to a TV with a small number of HDMI entrances. Even if the TV has a sufficient number of entrances, it’s more elegant to use a single cable for it if you have it installed on the wall.

HDMI outlet

The HDMI wall outlet helps you hide the HDMI cable in the wall, thus giving a general aesthetic look

Distinctive elements: a HDMI outlet is easy to connect, doesn’t require weaving; dimensions of the mask: 85×85 mm.

By using all these devices you can create a fully functional interconnected system and have the “vanity” of being close to top-notch technology in each and every room.

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