Archive for October, 2008

Recon Scout gets new job at prison, isn’t any fun to hang out with

You may remember this little dumbell-looking Recon Scout drone we saw last year, when it had just been implemented in the military. If you’ll recall, the robot selflessly allows itself to be thrown into wild and unpredictable situations deemed “too risky” for people,


Slim Browser 4.11 Build 016

Slim Browser is a tabbed multiple-site browser. It incorporates a large collection of powerful features like built-in popup killer, skinned window frame, form filler, site group, quick-search, auto login, hidden sites, built-in commands and scripting, online translation, script error suppression, blacklist / whitelist filtering, URL Alias.


Nintendo DSi coming Stateside by summer 2009, tomorrow in Japan

Nintendo’s tip-toeing around an overseas, US release date of its new DSi handheld has now been narrowed to the summer of 2009, according to president Satoru Iwata. That’s a whole lot better than “well into” 2009 if you ask us. Meanwhile, Japan gets theirs starting Saturday for ¥18,900 or about $192 tax-inclusive — that’s up […]


CopyToDVD 4.1.3

CopyToDVD is a new generation tool to backup any kind of data. CopyToDVD contains several methods to build your CDs or DVDs, such as integration into shell, user friendly interface or FileDepot technology. With a few clicks you can burn files, folders, pictures, and music (MP3, Ogg Vorbis, WMA, and more ) to CD or […]


Samsung’s 25GB / 50GB Enterprise SSDs can’t stop, won’t stop under heavy loads

pureSilicon’s rugged Renegade SSDs may be tough as nails, but if you’re lookin’ to start up your own video-on-demand server or online transaction processing center, you may want to look Samsung’s way. The outfit has just announced that it’s mass producing 25GB and 50GB Enterprise SSDs, which are designed for “performance-optimized server applications.” Sammy proclaims […]


Windows Mobile 6.5 mentioned by Motorola’s CEO

It seems Microsoft will be releasing Windows Mobile 6.5 before releasing version 7. Apparently, Motorola handset business’ CEO, Sanjay Jha, mentioned this in a recent interview.


phpMyAdmin 3.0.1.1

phpMyAdmin is a tool written in PHP intended to handle the administration of MySQL over the Web. Currently it can create and drop databases, create/drop/alter tables, delete/edit/add fields, execute any SQL statement,


Belarc Advisor 7.2.24.13

Belarc Advisor shows all the hardware and software installed on your PC right in your Web browser. You will see personalized advice on how well software and hardware products will work with your computer, along with a detailed description of your computer profile.


Lightweight Windows 7 pre-Beta on Eee PC 1000H looks very promising

Sure, Windows 7 will run just fine on a thick slab of screaming desktop, but what everyone’s really wondering is how it’ll perform on laptops, or better yet, down-market netbooks. The very same stage that put Linux into the grubby hands of the Wal-mart consumer and forced Microsoft to extend the life of XP just […]


Japanese Samsung Omnia comes with mobile TV receiver and WVGA screen

Regular Samsung i900 Omnia is cool, but the Japanese version is even cooler. Instead of sporting a 240×400 pixels screen, the Omnia which will be sold in the “Land of the rising Sun,” SoftBank 930SC Omnia, will come with a 0.1-inch larger (3.3 as apposed to the original 3.2 inches) touchscreen which displays WVGA resolution […]