Archive for June, 2007

Recently added to our arsenal of computers and laptops are two lightweight powerful laptop notebooks customized for the budget buyer and deployed/travels often. The new custom laptops are from the Acer notebook line-up. These two laptops are very capable PC and have a 14.1-Inch WXGA Widescreen LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) that incorporates Acer’s CrystalBrite technology for a much better picture. It can achieve a picture resolution of 1280 x 800, and can display widescreen materials in original 16:9 formatting. And that’s just the screen! I’ll touch on CrystalBrite a little later.

Staying within your budget doesn’t mean forsaking performance. The Brite Star notebooks come equipped with everything you need to work, study or play, at a price that is sure to please. Equipped with a powerful flows seamlessly from the office to your home. Plus, with its built in stereo speakers and wireless LAN antenna, these completely mobile units are capable of handling any duty from here to there. Get all of the performance and features you need to satisfy your office, home office, and personal needs with the Brite Star notebooks.

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Sony Corp. has announced that at least 380 NEW Sony Playstation 3 games will hit the market this business year, in plans to bump up demand for the Playstation 3 gaming console that has so far lost out to widely popular Nintendo Wii.

According to game magazine publisher Enterbrain and research firm NPD, the Nintendo Wii game console has been outselling the PS3 by three to one in Japan and more than two to one in the United States so far this year. The cheaper price of the Nintendo Wii and the lack of exciting games available on PS3 have been widely cited as the main reason for the PS3 weak performance.

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Great video of an AC-130 Gunship in Action Over Afghanistan. Silently Hovering Taking the Taliban Out!!

A UK based company ‘Jade Intergration’ released one of the worlds smallest thin-client computers. The ‘Jack PC’ fits into any standard size wall socket and can be powered from an Ethernet connection, this break through in technology allows the PC to run on just 5 watts of power instead of the usual 80 watts it takes to run a regular computer, making the ‘Jack PC’ extremely efficient computer.

Originally designed over a year ago by ‘Chip PC Technologies’ the device has been tested and perfected. Managing director of Jade Intergation, Andy MacLellan believes the device is,

“one of the biggest developments in PCs that we have seen” and is one of the “ever-growing range of thin clients, which are rapidly replacing PCs as a more effective desktop computing solution for modern businesses”.

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NetCam XL - Rugged Design, Beautiful Results

With images up to 2048×1536 in resolution, the new NetCam XL 3MP is the highest quality network camera on the market. Using a 3.1 megapixel sensor, the NetCam XL 3MP is the perfect tool for web attraction, weather monitoring or high definition security camera.

Bring on the cold! NetCam XL can withstand temperatures down to -40° degrees without a heater.

The NetCam XL is the latest generation in the popular NetCam series of network cameras. Designed for both indoor and rugged outdoor installations, the NetCam XL streams video and produces some of the highest quality images found in a network camera.

No computer is required to operate the NetCam XL — it is a standalone solution that can connect to a local network, DSL, cable modem, satellite modem, cellular, wireless Ethernet or even a phone line. You simply browse to its IP address to view live video and access configuration options. Set up is straightforward and simple and NetCam XL is designed to run unattended for years on end.

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The Nintendo DS portable game player is helping Japanese women in Tokyo maximize skin care health. Japanese women soon will be using the Nintendo DS game machine for helpful beauty tip such as taking extra fluids and monitoring skin tones. The dual screened touch panel Nintendo DS has been a big hit with older people and women with new kinds of games such as brainteasers and virtual pet games. The gaming crowd has largely been made up of young men fond of shooting and sports games.

The Nintendo DS skin care software works by the user inputting their daily body temperature and weight by marking a graph that shows up on the touch panel. The beauty navigation software asks questions that the player answers regarding criteria such as skin tone and smoothness, as well as exposure to sunlight and hours of sleep. Advice on a daily regimen for healthy skin pops up on the screen, including directions to drink more water, or to eat apples and ginger, food that had a reputation for warming up the body. Hormonal balance is key for avoiding wrinkles and age spots, and body temperature and weight fluctuations are good indicators for any hormone swings, which can get awry from overwork and stress, according to Konami.

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The summer is on and the heat is rising. For those of you stationed in Japan or a military buddy or family friend there, you might be able to get your hands on this USB power seat cooler. For troops heading to the Sand Box see if you can arrange this before deployment.

We all know sitting behind the computer for long periods of time, can play a serious toll on our rears. However, this Japanese company has the solution. When directly sitting down, the applied pressure to our bottoms causes a pain known as TsuTe, which isn’t the best feeling. By connecting the USB to your computer, instantly your seat cushion is transformed into a cooling fan. The cushion works by drawing air in from the bottom of the seat attachment, and channeling it through the entire seat. Thereby decreasing temperature and increasing comfort.

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Many notebooks have tried to claim the title of being the world’s fastest or the world’s most powerful laptop or even a desktop replacement laptop, but the Stealth Series is the true holder of this title. The Stealth Series Notebooks are a 17-inch extreme laptop notebook that packs quite a wallop under the hood, including a Intel’s Core 2 Duo desktop processor, Dual NVIDIA 7950GTX, up to 4GB of RAM, up to three hard drives in a RAID 0/1/5 array, 7.1-channel audio, built-in stereo speakers, the ability to house dual optical drives, integrated TV tuner, 1.3-megapixel webcam, and a flash card reader to boot. You’ll also find an array of ports and connectivity options, including WiFi, Bluetooth, FireWire, 56k modem, USB 2.0, and DVI / S-video outputs. All these components require the 11.9 pound laptop to have a 12-cell Li-ion will last much over an hour under full strain. We know you’re wondering, so if you’ve been eying a mobile gaming rig - this is it!

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Well for openers we are not implying General Patton would advise you to buy a computer from 800HighTech. When he was planning battles they didn’t even have computers. BUT I am quite sure what he would advise to assure you make a wise decision on anything would be gather all the good intelligence available and verify that it is accurate. Then taking all the important factors into consideration and weighing the importance of each, make a decision and act on your decision! In battle as in life sometimes timing is everything.

Many great men in history when faced with a decision would take an ordinary piece of paper and draw a line top to bottom. On one side of the line they would write the reasons for a certain decision and on the other the reasons against. They would look at the pluses & minuses, weigh the facts, make a decision and then they would act! I suggest you do the same on this and when faced with any big decision. It may help you to crystallize your thinking, I know it helps me.

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Going through my Emails to help organize files and eliminate unnecessary files, I found a Flash presentation that I enjoyed very much. I did not post it on this Blog yet, but I am sure many have seen it already. However, for those who have not yet seen it I wanted to make sure I post it. It is a poetic presentation of pictures and sayings of a memorial service honoring Marines that made the ultimate sacrifice during the Iraq War. Click the image below to launch the Flash presentation in a new window:

Surfing across the web I came across some information about some ideas and concoctions brewing over at Microsoft Live Lab. For those of you who can appreciate Google Earth, Vector Imaging, EBooks, and Visual Media in general will definitely appreciate the technology and the endless capabilities behind Seadragon’s goals.

The goal of Seadragon is to alter the way users use valuable screen reality without affecting quality and bandwidth. This is a critical concern for mobile users and the eventual evolution of the internet. Visual information can be smoothly browsed regardless of the size of a file or your network’s bandwidth.

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Bill Gates will manage one of the highest-profile transitions in American business history and computer technology. Before stepping down as chairman of Microsoft (currently $300 billion company that he co-founded over 30 years ago) and moving on to philanthropy, Gates will head a few more high-tech projects and hopefully achieve his goal of bridging the physical and virtual worlds. A secret covert project code named Milan and is 5 years in the making was top secret until recently being unveiled to the public at the Wall Street Journal conference. The project involved transforming an ordinary tabletop into a brilliant, interactive surface with effortless interaction with digital content through natural gestures, touch, and physical objects. A revolutionary aspect of Microsoft Surface is its natural interaction with everyday objects and technologies with an intuitive touch-sensitive 30-inch tabletop with nothing but your fingers. No more computer mouse, keyboards, or wires. The multi-touch interface allows the user to have hands-on control of photos, music, maps, and more. The coolest feature I liked was the photo resizing and stacking that is similar to Macintosh’s Apple iPhone’s zoom gestures.

This idea is nothing new and is not the only company eyeing the new market, but it has never been more than a prototype until recently being exhibited at the All Things Digital conference.. Microsoft Surface made several appearances in movies like the futuristic movies Minority Report and The Island. This new technology, the brainchild of Stevie Bathiche and Andy Wilson, is breaking down the traditional barriers of people and technology by providing an effortless interaction with digital media. It is apart of Intel’s vision of the near future where devices work seamlessly together. This innovative computer has price tags running $10,000 a unit. Microsoft however expects prices to plummet over the next three to five years to the point that it will be available for every home.

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