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Linksys introduced a travel sized router today aimed at business travelers looking to broadcast an in room Internet connection to their laptop. The WTR54GS features a compact size, built in A/C adapter, a 10/100 port for wired computers, and of course 802.11g networking technologies. The WTR54GS also features a convenient setup button that can enable secure setup of the router without having to utilize a password that can be forgotten. While this router lacks the Airport Express music streaming functionality it does provide a smaller size and $100 price tag as well as a wired port for connecting older laptops.
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New Scientist points out that modern chips are so complex that some chaos creeps into their workings. The study ran a set of test instructions on a Pentium 4 chip many times and noticed that each time the test was run it took a different amount of time to run the test. This deterministic chaos could help them discover the causes behind some kinds of computer glitches. It’s interesting to think that this kind of organic chaos in computer systems could one day produce interesting side effects in human created artificial intelligence.
Read More | Chip Chaos via Geekpress
Phil Zimmermann, creator of the the popular Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) email encryption program is hard at work to bring secure communications to the masses via VOIP. He is currently working on an improvement of his PGPfone voice encryption software that was used with modems to create secure VOIP applications. It is conceivable that the company he is currently trying to fund would be able to develop plugins for popular networks like Skype and Gizmo. Because PGP uses a PKI infrastructure it becomes easy to trade public keys with the people you wish to communicate with while keeping your private keys secure - thus making eavesdropping on your conversation virtually impossible.
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Hop-On - a virtually unknown cellphone manufacturer - launched the biggest iPod phone rip off ever. The Hop-On features a touch sensitive screen, and click wheel control device. The phone is aimed at the MP3 phone market, yet fails to list internal memory to story MP3’s on. The Hop-On does manage to have a Mini-SD slot, so at least 1GB of storage will be able to be bought for the phone. Dan Gannon, the CEO of Hop-On, is quoted as saying “Our market research studies showed that this design will be extremely successful” - I wonder if their market research studies also indicated that the design had been patented by Apple computer as well?
Read More | SlashPhone
Are you unhappy with your cell reception? Are you trying to figure out if your new home will have good cell reception? What about the hotel at the resort you are about to head to? Well this new website promises to answer these questions for you. They have obtained information on tower location from the FCC and performed a great Google Maps hack to present you with a birds eye view of any neighborhood and the cell towers it contains. It’s great to see so many Google maps hacks emerging after the API was released by Google. We think interactive web applications like this are going to become very prominent in the near future.
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iLounge has polled its readers to find out how much space is currently left on their iPod and this is what they found:
I would like to get a specific breakdown of each iPod device, to see if most of those whom have fifty percent or more own sixty gigabyte iPods. Have you upgraded yours yet?
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What’s a Compaq, and why is it even in this entry? True, Compaqs have not been know as the favorable gaming computer system, but this spectacular piece of hardware may change that impression. Sporting an AMD 64 bit processor and expandable to 4GB of ram, check out some of the specs ready to blast away at the next LAN party. Gotta love Woot!
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What better way to read your fortune every day than on your dashboard. Well, Cristiano Verondini, has thrown out all his newspapers and created this handy widget that take the information from www.astrology.com and puts it right on your dashboard. Makes me really wish for a fortune cookie widget - they are more accurate.
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This week’s DVD list is topped by XXX – and we aren’t talking about pr0n. The action packed movie staring Ice Cube is sure to entertain you for about two hours while you watch various explosions and exotic cars fill your screen and boom your surround sound. There’s more to XXX in this week’s release list, this week you can find your favorite shows ranging from sitcoms such as 3rd Rock from the Sun to anime favorites such as Ghost in the Shell. You might find yourself in a predicament when trying to decide which ones to add to your collection this week and put the rest aside for next visit – and next check. Pick your favorite and enjoy the many hours viewing the DVD over and over again.
XXX - State of the Union ~ Ice Cube
Steamboy - Director’s Cut ~ Anna Paquin
The Boston Red Sox 2004 World Series Collector’s Edition
The Mary Tyler Moore Show - The Complete Second Season ~ Mary Tyler Moore
Remington Steele - Season 1 ~ Pierce Brosnan
Star Trek Enterprise - The Complete Second Season ~ Michael Grossman
Gilligan’s Island - The Complete Third Season ~ Bob Denver
The Upside of Anger ~ Joan Allen
The Brady Bunch - The Complete Second Season ~ Robert Reed
3rd Rock from the Sun - Season 1 ~ John Lithgow
The Jerk (26th Anniversary Edition) ~ Steve Martin
The Blue and the Gray - Recut ~ Andrew V. McLaglen
The Errol Morris DVD Collection (Gates of Heaven/The Thin Blue Line/Vernon, Florida) ~ Errol Morris
The Mary Tyler Moore Show - The Complete First Season ~ Mary Tyler Moore
Eating Out ~ Ryan Carnes
Samurai Champloo - Volume 4
Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex, Vol. 7 (2-Disc Limited Edition) ~ Kenji Kamiyama
Fullmetal Alchemist - The Fall of Ishbal (Vol. 4)
Dark Shadows Collection 19 ~ Jonathan Frid
Benny Hill Complete and Unadulterated - The Naughty Early Years, Set Three (1975-1977) ~ Benny Hill
Microsoft’s next iteration of its Windows operating system has finally received its official name - Windows Vista. Now, looking at the definition of Vista, things start looking bleak:
Vista:
1. A distant view or prospect, especially one seen through an opening, as between rows of buildings or trees.
2. An avenue or other passage affording such a view.
Distant view is certainly apropos - it has taken forever for Longhorn to come into fruition. Now that it has an official name, the Beta is set to drop on August 3.
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