MC2 Post 686 Here (okay There) Come The Tablets (As Many As 36!)

Here Come 

The Tablets (At Least 36)

Taiwan Makers to Display 

iPad-like Devices at Computex
Taipei

"All the major laptop PC companies will have a tablet device to show at Computex," said Chang Li, deputy secretary general of the Taipei Computer Association, which co-organizes the Computex Taipei trade show, which runs from June 1 - 5 this year.

Link:

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/192839/taiwan_makers_to_display_10_ipadlike_devices_at_computex.html


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Wingman, Keeping Tabs on the Pads

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 You've Heard Me Say Bad Boy Before when I'm Talking About Hardware To Die For.
 

How about This Bad Boy?

Nvidia GeForce GTX 465

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/31/nvidia-geforce-gtx-465-rounds-up-some-positive-reviews/

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MC2 Post 685 MSI Intros 24-inch Wind Top AE2420 3D

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MSI

intros 24-inch 

Wind Top AE2420 3D

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/29/msi-follows-fates-whispers-intros-24-inch-wind-top-ae2420-3d/

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From LifeHacker  This Week's Top Downloads

Link: http://lifehacker.com/5550941/this-weeks-top-downloads

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Google Chrome for Mac and Linux 
Finally Hits Beta; 
Very Fast, Pretty Stable

Link: http://lifehacker.com/5421633/google-chrome-for-mac-and-linux-finally-hits-beta-very-fast-pretty-stable

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 Fedora 13 Released with 
Automatic Printing, Open 3D Drivers


Link: http://lifehacker.com/5548186/

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Wingman.

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It Happened.

Thursday, on Channel 7 

Game 1

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MC2 Post 684 Bigger than a iPad

From Hackers and DIY Fanatics 
really Stir Me Up Dept.

MSI X340 reborn as DIY 
carbon fiber tablet

That Came from This:

Who's Basic Specs Are:

Which makes a Hack Droolers Like Me, Really Drool.

Put A Linux OS on on That Bad Boy and Wham!

You Got Something.

Link and Video Here:

 

http://www.nonstoptechnews.com/219557/msi-x340-reborn-as-diy-carbon-fiber-tablet-watch-it-stream-youtube-at-720p-video

MC2 Post 683 4 (plus) iPod To Myself Tech Stories

iPod To Myself Tech Stories

1. HTC Dream and Magic Get Hacked Android OS 2.2
    

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/android-2-2-wastes-no-time-getting-hacked-onto-htc-dream-and-mag/

2. The Daily Galaxy has  3  Apple-ish Stories

    Apple Just Past Microsoft as the Most Valuable 

Tech Company in the World

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    Eddie Cue, The Creative Brains Behind 

iTunes & the App Store.

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Mongoliad The Mongoliad App: Neal Stephenson's 

Novel of the Future?

    Link: http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2010/05/the-daily-flash-eco-space-tech-528.html

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3. Intel Unlocks i7 and i5 Multipliers

    Link: http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/28/intel-core-i7-875k-and-core-i5-655k-unlock-multipliers-better-p/

4. Google Reader Drops support for "Oldish" Browser (Chrome version 3)
   

    Link: http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20006238-264.html

5. mozilla labs Announcing Jetpack SDK 0.4

    Link: http://mozillalabs.com/jetpack/2010/05/27/announcing-jetpack-sdk-0-4/

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Wired iPad App 

Sells 24,000 Copies 

in First 24 Hours

Link: http://mashable.com/2010/05/27/wired-ipad-app/

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Apple iPad Launches Internationally, 
the Crowd Goes Wild 

Link  http://mashable.com/2010/05/28/ipad-international-launch/

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Looks Like Apple May Have A Winner.

Wingman, Just saying....

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MC2 Post 682 Fixing The Problem That Shouldn't Have Been

No Comment.

Link:  http://www.pcworld.com/article/197296/facebook_privacy_fixes_your_guide_to_the_newest_changes.html

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Wingman

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MC2 Post 681 Web Pages You Have To See

A Web Page You Just Have To See

To Believe...

Yes, It's worst than Black and White, it

Has Too Many REDS...

The LIVE Link is Here:

http://www.usdebtclock.org/

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A Favorite Site of Mine:

Link: http://www.refdesk.com/

Because it Has Links Like These:

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SOTD Site of the Day

http://www.space.com/
The Blue Squares are Blocked Out Ads.

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY:  

provided by The Free Dictionary 

Dred Scott 

Emancipated by His Original Owners 

(1857)

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TODAY'S BIRTHDAY: 

provided by The Free Dictionary

John Wayne (1907)

An American actor and enduring icon of rugged masculinity, Wayne is best known for playing the archetypal Western hero in films like Stagecoach, The Alamo, and Rio Bravo. He appeared in some 250 films before his work in True Grit earned him his first—and only—Academy Award.

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Top I00 US Newspapers with Links

The Site Does List 100 Newspapers

Link: http://www.refdesk.com/top100pap.html

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This is Number 4

Link: http://www.latimes.com/

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RefDesk Should Be The Start Page 

For School Age Children in the Family.

Family's Need More Tools Like This.

Wingman.

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MC2 Post 680 C'mon, We New This Was Coming, Didn't We?

24: Where Do We Go From Here?

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Hardware Copy Cats 

Join the iPod Tech Party

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Get Ready For More Of 

This Type of "Innovation"

Link: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&tl=en&u=http://www.jp.onkyo.com/pc/desktop/e713/index.htm

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LG Display, 84-inch 3DTV 

with 

3,840 x 2,160 res

Link:  http://www.oled-display.info/lgdisplay-show-world%E2%80%99s-largest-3d-panel-with-uhd-resolution

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2011 Audi A8

Gets Factory Installed 

Wireless Hotspot Option

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/25/2011-audi-a8-gets-factory-installed-wireless-hotspot-option/

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Archos 7 Home Tablet is Ready for 

Purchase Now!

Link: http://www.dapreview.net/news.php?item.4701.5

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Walmart officially cuts iPhone 3GS to $97, potentially clearing
out inventory for the iPhone 4?

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/24/walmart-cuts-iphone-3gs-to-97-potentially-clearing-out-invento/

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Dell launches Streak Tablet PC across Europe

Link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10146000.stm

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"Jack has a Lot To Think About..."

Do A Movie or Just Drop Off the Radar

‘24,’ Series Finale: Recap 

(Goodbye Jack, Hello Movie)

Remember

Fox's Record on Pushing Hit Shows to The Big Screen 

(Like The X-Files)

Haven't Turned Out Well.

Link: http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/05/25/24-series-finale-tv-recap-goodbye-jack-hello-movie/

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Wingman Tuned Out...
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MC2 Post 679 Lost or Just Confused?

The Lost Weekend...

Silly Me, I tried to Catch Up on the "Event Finale" and began feeling like Alice being lead to a Dark Rabbit Hole.

Like what they say about Jokes: "It's not very Good, 

if they have to explain it."

But, If You Need a ReCap about what happened over 120 episodes....

Read the Following.

Link: http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/watch_with_kristin/b182506_lost_redux_see_you_in_another_life.html

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Lost

The Last Lost: What the Critics Thought

By: Glen Levy (41 mins ago)
Topics: TV, abc, lost, finale

Link: http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/05/24/the-last-lost-what-the-critics-thought/


Still Lost?


August 24th is the date of the DVD release of Lost.

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MC2 Post 678 It Appears the Creature is Still Breathing...

Still Breathing....barely.

(Good For Dell)

From Engadget Laptops

Alienware M11x getting 

Intel Core i3 / i5 / i7 

upgrade next month, 

says Dell rep

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/22/alienware-m11x-getting-intel-core-i3-i5-i7-upgrade-next-mont/

You Tube Video is there Also.

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I Just Got A little Linux Mint. (live distro)
Running on Sun's VirtualBox.

            ReCap:

Mars Rover Sets Longevity Record.

It has lasted for 6 years, 118 days on Martian surface.  A while back I posted a link to a 

FLOSS podcast that talked to
the Drivers of those Rovers. 

It was Post 667: Drivers on Mars.

Also in the News, Astronauts will try a 520 Day

Mars Simulation. The 6 man crew will enter their "ship" on June 3.

A Link to Get NASA Caps is Here:  http://www.zazzle.com/nasa+hats

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Wingman, Doing a Moon Walk (kinda)

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MC2 Post 677 Pac Man on Google

Slick Remembrance of the Munchers 

30th Anniversary by Google

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From Bloomberg Business Week

Facebook Plans Overhaul of User Privacy Settings

Link: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-05-21/facebook-plans-overhaul-of-its-user-privacy-settings-update1-.html

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Really Want To Keep Up

On What Is Happening

in HD?

Then You Have To Check Out

Revision3 HDNation

With Robert Heron and Patrick Norton

Link To the Latest Podcast is Here:

http://revision3.com/hdnation/downey

These Guys Love to Talk

About Really Cool Stuff.

I usually download the FREE podcast on my

iPod Touch from iTunes, and

view it there.

Just Search for HDNation

under TECH podcasts.

That's where I also Get

TWiT (This Week in TECH)

and Security Now

Wingman.

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Want a Book To Keep You 

Up At Night?

Check Out 

Richard Preston's

Panic in Level 4

Yeah, I've mentioned it

Before, I Just Finished it.

Not Really Gruesome,

But Makes You Think What

Nasty Little Viruses

Can Do.

The Story about the two
Russian-Jewish émigré 
scientists that built a
SuperComputer in their apartment

out of mail-ordered parts just to solve

Pi to over 300 million places was fascinating.

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MC2 Post 676 They MUST Want More Than EyeBalls

Report: Facebook caught 

sharing secret data 

with advertisers

Oh Yeah, They Want More Than Just Eye Balls.

Link:  http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2010/05/latest-facebook-blunder-secret-data-sharing-with-advertisers.ars?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss

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You would Think They Wouldn't

Aim the Gun at Their FEET,

Huh?
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 I say LogFS, my Son says ZFS.....

What Is ZFS?

Link 1 Wikipedia:          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZFS

Link 2 OpenSolaris  ZFS FAQ:

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/29s5z37

Link 3: Solaris Datasheet:     http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/ds/zfs.jsp

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Novell announced SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) 11 Service Pack 1 (SP1) in server and desktop versions.

Link: http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS5075568798.html?kc=rss

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May 21, 1956

On This DAY ....

We Air Bomb Bikini Atoll.

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TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/2cxyqvw 

See Also on That Page:

    * July 16, 1945: Trinity Blast Opens Atomic Age
    * Feb. 1, 1951: TV Shows Atomic Blast, Live
    * Aug. 20, 1953: Soviets Say, 'We've Got the H-Bomb, Too'
    * Oct. 30, 1961: USSR's Biggest-Bang Theory Put to Test
    * May 21, 1901: Connecticut Sets First Speed Limit at 12 MPH
    * May 21, 1906: Research on Motion Creates Tire Rim
    * May 21, 1927: Lucky Lindy Flies His Way Into the Celebrity Ranks
    * July 23, 1956: Bell X-2 Sets Aircraft Speed Mark
    * October 1956: Bell UH-1H (The “Huey”) Flies
    * Oct. 6, 1956: Sabin Polio Vaccine Ready to Test
    * Oct. 15, 1956: Fortran Forever Changes Computing's Fortunes


Read More:  http://tinyurl.com/29rmxnl

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Wingman, Scratching Head..
About FaceBook...
and
1956.

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