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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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-THETAIn 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...

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Star Ruler v1.0.6.2-OUTLAWS

Star Ruler v1.0.6.2-OUTLAWSOutlaws 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...

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Modiac DVD Ripper v1.7.0.4063-LAXiTY

Modiac DVD Ripper v1.7.0.4063-LAXiTYModiac 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...

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Toon Boom Animate Pro v2.0 RETAIL-XFORCE

Toon Boom Animate Pro v2.0 RETAIL-XFORCEXFORCE 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...

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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-COREIn 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...

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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...

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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...

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