Archive for August, 2007

Time and time again your network administrator advises you to change your password and then further instructs you to use a minimum amount of characters made up of various letters, numbers and symbols. We all know this is annoying and causes a grief to remember a long list of passwords for each account. Well, if you have ever wondered what all this was about, here is an interesting table that shows how long it would take to hackers to crack an account from various hacks and attacks with easily found hacking tools. It may cause you to think again we deciding on a password for very important and private accounts.

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Geeks and programmers have a mundane job that would send most of us to the looney bin. These computer nerds are able to take the 1 and 0 that make up are digital world and help the computer translate it to us, so we may understand it. To help add excitement, a personal touch, and leaving their signature; computer nerds have become notorious for leaving hidden codes that were not authorized. These codes and hidden secrets have been named Easter Eggs. They are found in most of your DVD collections, computer games, and even hardware. Microsoft is no exception to this geeky trend. So for those of you who have upgraded to the new Microsoft Vista here is one for you to check out.

Hidden on the cover of the Microsoft Vista CD is a tiny holographic image of 3 of the programmers. Now you may say these guys have just to much time on their hands, but these people that figured this out also have too much time to spare. Click the Windows Vista Image to View The Slide Show!

We at 800HighTech have just extended our Digital Video Camcorder arsenal and added five new top end video camcorders from Panasonic which are now available for finance. We selected cameras that would appeal to a wide spectrum of video enthusiasts.

On deployment to some far off land, having a camera that is compact and and all in one is necessary. However, we also wanted to make available the latest and greatest camcorders on the market as well. For those who have a true interest in creating movies, we have the equipment you need.

The internet has expanded rapidly with the popular trend of displaying your videos for the world to see. YouTube is apart of our everyday vocabulary and almost a daily visit for most users.

Creating videos that capture your travels and being able to present them professionally to family and friends back home is a great hobby to take on. Start advancing your part time career as a director with these hot video camcorders.
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Pac Man is a deep rooted cultural icon for most Americans and Japanese. Developed in 18 months by a Namco employee in Japan, the game was released as pakku-man. Pakku represents the sound made when opening the mouth and the shaped was part inspired by a pizza missing a slice and by usuing a rounded Japanese character for mouth or kuchi in Japanese.

Later the game was released in America under the title Pac-Man since Puck-Man closely resembles a bad word and doesn’t sound as cool. The game soon became a worldwide phenomenon within the video game industry, resulting in numerous sequels and merchandising tie-ins. Pac-Man’s success bred imitation, and an entire genre of maze-chase video games soon emerged.

Here’s your chance to experience or re-experience the joys of Pac Man. Try your shot at reaching the rare title of a perfect game (To attain the maximum possible score of 3,333,360 points by eating every fruit, every Power Pellet, every blue ghost and every dot for 256 boards without losing a single life) or conquering the unconquerable and infamous split screen level.

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Let’s face it, not everyone can afford to go out and blow hundreds of dollars on a versatile touch screen or home automation system in order to simplify their life. Whether a hardcore audiophile or casual TV watcher, somehow we still end up with way more remotes and portable handheld devices than we can handle of course resulting in many valuable hours wasted searching when one is lost.

The Multimedia Remote Control Wrangler (aka Remote Wrangler) has taken a novel approach to remote control storage that will be sure to take the world by storm, that’s right it’s not a jock strap, it is in fact an ingenious piece of headgear specifically designed to keep you remotes under control.

Made from a stretchable fabric and utilizing Velcro for its anti-gravitational properties the device can store all manner of remotes and gadgets round the users dome. As an added bonus it also doubles as a battery-powered temporal massager, what more could a couch potato want!

There are two styles available to suit ones taste, first is the red white and blue “Retro Sportsman” model, which has proven to be very popular in the Asian market. The other is the demure “Antique Olive ” model that caters to the conservative crowd who may prefer a more discreet and formal appearance.

So if you’re single (or would like to be), have no friends whatsoever, and don’t even mind personal humiliation, keep an eye out for the Remote Wrangler to hit electronics prank departments sometime in the distant future.

Israeli women play a vital role in the Israeli Armed Forces. All citizens are drafted at the age of 18, the guys are required to complete of 3 years service and the women 2 years. With a whole country of 18-20 year old ladies attending the Armed Forces perhaps the guys would not have to be automatically drafted if some these pictures were used in recruitment campaigns.

Here is a Collection of Israel’s Military Armed Forces Finest!

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Range, speed and flexibility. Hard rules once defined by the limitations of previous medium-lift helicopters. The V-22 is the world’s first production tilt-rotor combines the vertical performance of a helicopter with the high speed and range of a fixed wing aircraft which offers twice the speed, three times the payload, five times the range, and can fly more than twice as high as older rotor craft it is destined to replace. The Osprey is about to revolutionize military air transport in a way that has not been seen since the introduction of helicopters more than 50 years ago.

The Osprey is a tilt rotor vertical/short take off and landing (VSTOL) multi-mission aircraft with capabilities like no other. Combining the vertical flight capabilities of a helicopter with the speed and range of a turbo prop airplane it permits air to aerial refueling and worldwide self deployment.

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Over the last fours years IO2 Technology have been developing the Heliodisplay. Originally shown as a prototype back in 2003, the Heliodisplay third generation (M3) model is now on the market. Like a computer monitor or television, this mid air display can project any video signal coming from most sources with one main difference, there is no screen.

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A projector is focused onto a layer of mist in mid-air, resulting in a two-dimensional display that appears to float. This is similar in principle to the cinematic technique of rear projection but with no screen to display the image, the Heliodisplay produces an effect much like a hologram.

Images are visible under typical indoor lighting and are about as bright as the first-generation rear projection TV’s. The display works best under controlled lighting such as in museums, movie theaters, and most office spaces, although it is not recommended for outside use IO2 does build outdoor systems for enterprise solutions.

The Heliodisplay’s default resolution is 800 x 600 but supports up to 1280 x 1024, depending on the model, a 22 to 42 inch image can be projected floating above the device, this can be viewed from 150 degree viewing angle in front of the projector or from both front and rear, again depending on the model.

Another amazing feature of the Heliodisplay is the ability to be used as a touch-screen monitor to navigate and interact with content. When connected to a PC using a standard USB cable and the software provided you can use your finger, pen, pencil or any object to select and navigate as you would a conventional touch-screen, the only difference is that there is no physical screen.

Boeing have been hot press this year following the highly anticipated 787 Dreamliner, despite the huge launch campaign and all the time spent perfecting the Dreamliner, Boeing have still found time to develop and begin testing the new X-48B an unmanned Blended Wing Body Aircraft or BWB.

The first ever flight took off on the 20th July from NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California. This X-48B is only the second prototype that Boeing has built and the only one tested in flight; it was created to test the “structural, aerodynamic and operational efficiencies of the BWB concept,” according to Bob Liebeck, the BWB program manager, especially during take off and landing.

BWB planes don’t have a tail, the wing itself blends into the fuselage, giving more lift and less drag than a traditional circular fuselage. This means 30% less fuel consumption than a normal plane and also less noise, both inside and on the ground.

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