Archive for July, 2008

PicLens: THE must have multimedia browser add-on

Ok - official THE Tech Scoop recommendation time.
I’ve used PicLens for a little while now; it was a little shaky back in the early days, but NOW the add-on has matured and added some additional multimedia functionality into the web browsing experience.
PicLens highlights the image content of a site and allows you to whip back [...]

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Dish Network to offer programming in 1080p

Dish Network has announced it’s the first video operator to offer high-definition content at 1080p resolution.
1080p high definition programming is part of Dish Network’s new TurboHD bundle, a collection of all-high-definition programming packages. Dish Network will also be launching 17 new high definition channels, bringing the total number of HD channels available on the service [...]

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DataCase: Turn your iPhone into a wireless drive

If you’ve ever had the urge to add functionality to your iPhone, a new program called DataCase can help you do that. In fact, this nifty app will turn your iPhone into a wireless drive. You can store your files on it just like an external drive. It will even show up in your Finder [...]

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LG adds Netflix to new Blu-Ray player

The LG BD300 Network Blu-ray player will allows customers to combine the Blu-ray playback capabilities with instant access to Netflix movies. The LG device adds set-top box capability to download and stream more than 12,0000 films and TV shows through a Netflix subscription. Current subscribers who purchase the LG Blu-ray player can add the service at no additional charge.
While LG [...]

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TreadWall: Wall Climbing Treadmill

Yes, it’s a rock wall climber and a treadmill all in one. But what makes it interesting is the speed is governed by the climber’s weight and power pulling up, meaning that beginners will learn at their own pace. But the pace can also be varied by loosening the resistance of the TreadWall to the [...]

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del.icio.us is now delicious

Yahoo has revamped Delicious, saying the site for storing, describing, and sharing Web site bookmarks is faster, easier to use, and has better search abilities.
The speedup comes from a new server system that’s snappier and more reliable, Yahoo said on its Delicious blog on Thursday. “You may not have noticed, but the old back-end was [...]

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Scrabulous returns to Facebook….sort of

Scrabulous is back on Facebook, but now it has a new name, new rules and circular tiles that could help its makers skirt legal claims from the owners of Scrabble.
The return came less than two days after the creators of Scrabulous blocked their popular version of the word game from U.S. and Canadian users of [...]

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Easily share large files with Pando

Sharing large files with family and friends could be quite difficult if you don’t have a web account of your own. File hosts like RapidShare and MediaFire do allow hosting of large files but since they get indexed by search engines, you can’t share private stuff like that.
Pando is a free P2P file-sharing software that [...]

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Firefly: Live chat on your website

For all my fellow bloggers and website developers…
Firefly is a cool little Javascript app that sits on tops of your blog or webpage and allows chatting and interaction ability for visitors.
I may add this feature to this and my other site (INFOtainment News); expect a review soon.

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Sign up for Comcast…get a free Wii

It is now official.
Comcast is throwing in a free Wii to new subscribers that sign up for their Preferred Plus or Premier Triple Play packages.
A 2-year contract is also required.
Click here for their press release

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