MC 2: February 2012

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

MC2 Post 1206 Raspberry Pi Retailers Toppled by Demand as $35 Linux Computer Launches.

2/29/2012

It Appears LINUX Is Not DEAD After All.....

Wingman.

From: http://arstechnica.com

A Lot of TO-DO About the Launch of

Raspberry PI...

No...Not This One !!!

THIS ONE !!!

Raspberry Pi Retailers

Toppled by Demand as

$35 Linux Computer Launches

The Raspberry Pi Foundation Apologized for the Launch Problems on Twitter

The Raspberry Pi foundation attempted to launch its $35 Linux computer on Tuesday evening, but the organization's retail partners couldn't cope with the massive demand. Two British electronic component distributors that intended to sell the product were unable to do so--their websites went down, succumbing to the stampede of eager enthusiasts who sought to purchase the hotly-anticipated system.

The product is a bare board with a 700MHz ARM11 CPU and 256MB of RAM. It's roughly the size of a deck of playing cards and has a powerful GPU that is reportedly competitive with that of modern smartphones. Developer prototypes of the product have been shown running impressive graphics demos and decoding high-definition video.

235 Characters makes the Wingman Very Angry Too !!!

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/828vgkd

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NO Guts...No Glory.

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From: http://www.engadget.com

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/29/raspberry-pi-credit-card-sized-linux-pcs-are-on-sale-now-25-mo/

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Celebrate Leap Day with WinISO for free
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From: http://betanews.com

Turn to a specialist tool, though, and it’s a very different story. WinISO in particular is one of the most powerful image management packages around, providing everything you need to create, open, edit, extract, convert and otherwise work with a variety of CD, DVD and Blu-ray disc image formats. And while it’s normally priced at $29.95, this Wednesday you can obtain a full copy of your own for no charge at all.

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If WinISO sounds like the kind of tool you need, then head along to the Downloadcrew Giveaway site any time between 00:00 and 23:59 (Central European Time) on Wednesday February 29th to get your copy (Americans can start their downloads at 6 pm ET on February 28 -- lucky you!). But please note that download itself is just the 30-day trial. You must also create a free account if you don’t have one already, log in and click “Get serial code” to obtain the license that will turn the trial into a full version.

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At 166, Just Over The Cut-OFF Mark Tsk Tsk Tsk...Wingman.

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/742aons

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

MC2 Post 1205 Radio Shack drops iPad 2 prices $20-50

It swears it has nothing to do with the upcoming iPad 3 (wink) (wink)

There's a lot of signs pointing to the release of a brand new iPad floating around these days: myriad rumors, retina displays, and even Apple event invites. Now, a freshly taken pic from an anonymous tipster has given us a little more grease for the iPad 3 rumor mill.

From: http://www.engadget.com

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/28/radio-shack-drops-ipad-2-prices-20-50-swears-it-has-nothing-to/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/7q44dln

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Just 30 Hours left of STARZ on Netflix

Netflix February 2012 Expiring Titles Including Starz

What You Lose----840 movies...That's What

Link: http://tvandmoviesnow.com/netflix-starz-expiring-2012.html

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/7csfxzz

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TV Times says half of what people watch on Netflix

is Old TV Shows....

So There.... Wingman.

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And Thank You PBS and AMC....

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Monday, February 27, 2012

MC2 Post 1204 I'll have another Bowl of Processor Alphabet Soup

Processor Whispers: About elisions

and epentheses

AMD's PileDriver CPU

Intel releases the instruction extension for transactional memory and gives numerous speeches at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC). AMD equips the Piledriver with inductors and China delivers another new

processor.

From: http://www.h-online.com

Link: http://www.h-online.com/newsticker/news/item/Processor-Whispers-About-elisions-and-epentheses-1442947.html

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/85zk3cw

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Link: http://isscc.org

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Sunday, February 26, 2012

MC2 Post 1203 The H-Security Open Source Roundup of NEWS

Comments are Wingman's ...

Link: http://www.h-online.com/

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Hardware is Important too...Wingman.

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MWC 12: Samsung to Compete with Tegra on Quad-Core CPU

While details are still sparse as we await the official start of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona tonight/tomorrow, it appears that Samsung plans to announce a new quad-core processor as part of its Exynos line. It will be the first Samsung SoC based on 32nm technology rather than the 45nm currently in production and will be available in both quad- and dual-core variant.

According to the story over at Unwiredview it will be available in frequencies ranging from 200 MHz all the way up to 1.5 GHz while offering lower power consumption than current options.

From: http://www.pcper.com

Link: http://www.pcper.com/news/Processors/MWC-12-Samsung-compete-Tegra-quad-core-CPU

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/75czrzb

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ROOTKIT Protection Tools: A How-To

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CSI:Internet

Episode 4: Open heart surgery

Link: http://www.h-online.com/security/features/CSI-Internet-Open-heart-surgery-1350313.html

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/65qknh6

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Saturday, February 25, 2012

MC2 Post 1202 Why TV is even More Broken in The Netherlands

Even with a Very Bad Week-and-a-Half Cold,

I have to Keep Hacking about THIS:

TV IS DYING !!!

From: http://www.osnews.com

An interesting anecdote at MinimalMac about television being broken. The author's young daughter, who is growing up in a Netflix/Hulu/iTunes/etc. household, was confronted with actual TV for the first time, and wonders why she can't pick what to watch, why the shows are being

interrupted all the time, and so on.

Clearly - TV is broken.

Link: http://www.osnews.com/story/25648/TV_is_even_more_broken_in_The_Netherlands

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/6rpwjmv

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Friday, February 24, 2012

MC2 Post 1201 Fraunhofer's Full-HD Voice Sounds Like a GOOD Idea

Fraunhofer's Full-HD Voice brings High Fidelity VoLTE to Android Smartphones

Consumers will experience audio quality that rivals the experience of chatting face-to-face.

Technically speaking, it's said the codec offers four times the audio bandwidth of regular phone calls and twice the bandwidth of HD voice services, all without an increase in bit rate.

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2012/02/24/fraunhofer-full-hd-voice-for-volte/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/7eeqg7e

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For an interactive quality comparison and more information, visit

Link: http://www.full-hd-voice.com

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Thursday, February 23, 2012

MC2 Post 1200 MWC-The Plane in Spain Quickly Gets Drawn and Quartered

ZTE Confirms a Quad-Core Smartphone for MWC

ZTE

Will Unveil Eight Mobile Devices

Remember Way Back when 2 Cores Was A Big Deal?

Link: http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2154574/zte-confirms-quad-core-smartphone-mwc?WT.rss_f=Home&WT.rss_a=ZTE+confirms+a+quad-core+smartphone+for+MWC

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/6s2c74y

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Google Developing Augmented Reality

Android HUD Glasses

Google is clearly trying to push its Android operating system in new directions. Only yesterday we reported about a lapdock mode found in Android 5.0 Jelly Bean. It allows you to replace everything but the large display in your laptop case with a smartphone. Now we’ve heard about another new direction for Android: augmented reality glasses.

According to insiders at Google, glasses that run Android are being developed that allow the wearer to see a Head-Up Display. The glasses have their very own 3G/4G connection, meaning they can potentially replace a smartphone. Navigation is also novel and requires head movements such as tilting to perform actions. There’s sure to be voice control too.

Link: http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/google-developing-augmented-reality-android-hud-glasses-20120222/

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/7agxpx2

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Wingman: If This Sounds Too Pie-In-The SKY stuff, I direct you to a Proto-typed similar device by an MIT engineer who gave a Demo-Talk on TED, a few years ago.

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Pattie MAES and Pranav MISTRY demos

the Sixth Sense on TED.com

This demo, from Pattie Maes‘ lab at MIT (and spearheaded by her student Pranav Mistry), was the buzz of TED2009. Sixth Sense is a wearable device with a projection screen that paves the way for profound, data-rich interaction with our environment. Imagine Minority Report and then some.

(Recorded in February 2009 in Long Beach, California. Duration: 08:42.)

Link: http://www.ted.com/talks/pattie_maes_demos_the_sixth_sense.html

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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

MC2 Post 1199 Google Gives us the Hertz and The Street Pundits Put the Hurt on DELL

Heinrich Hertz

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (February 22, 1857 – January 1, 1894) was a German physicist who clarified and expanded the electromagnetic theory of light that had been put forth by James Clerk Maxwell.

He was the first to conclusively prove[1] the existence of electromagnetic waves by engineering instruments to transmit and receive radio pulses using experimental procedures that ruled out all other known wireless phenomena.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Hertz

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Why Is The Street Giving DELL Hell

From: http://www.minyanville.com

Is Dell Really an Enterprise Company?

The Numbers Say No.

They Do (partly) blame the Thailand floods and the impact on enterprise level storage. But interest in PC market has been on a slump before that, honestly. tPads and low-end sector grabbing Amazon and B&N took some of that to a lower level.

Link: http://www.minyanville.com/businessmarkets/articles/dell-earnings-dell-enterprise-dell-pc/2/22/2012/id/39527

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/7ph84eh

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Titanic sinking picture:

If the PC Market is sinking....And It IS.

Who's Lifeboat would you jump into:
Dell or HP?

Update: HP confirms that it is testing Android but "has made no decision yet whether to offer Android in products."

Link: http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/01/wsj-android-being-considered-for-hp-netbook-dell-mid-and-smart/

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Tomorrow on MC2's LBK (Linux by Knight):

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The Walking Dead is STILL Stalking

Linux Top 5: SCO Returns

"Here we are in 2012 and SCO is still pursuing its legal actions against IBM. A hearing iscurrently set for April 23rd to pursue that same litigation that SCO started out on 9 years ago against IBM.

While it is shocking that this case still is a going concern, over the last 9 years, lots has changed in the Linux landscape. New Linux distros like Ubuntu have come forward and the dominance of Linux in many areas of computing is now well known. On the other hand, SCO remains a bankrupt zombie husk, with no assets, no real prospects and no future.

Link: http://www.linuxplanet.com/news/linux-top-5-sco-returns.html

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/6ls3n56

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

MC2 Post 1198 Google Sows Antenna Farm in Iowa

Google is Not Just in Kansas Anymore...

Google announced earlier this month that it was gearing up to start laying fiber-optic lines from Kansas to Missouri in a project focusing on creating higher-speed Internet access.

Now, the Web giant is setting it sights on Iowa, according to Data Center Knowledge.

In a small city of Council Bluffs, Google Fiber is looking to erect a satellite antenna farm on a 1,000-acre track of land near its data center. If all goes according to Google's plans, the antennas would receive feeds from broadcast networks and even be bundled with the high-speed fiber service, according to Data Center Knowledge.

237 characters for original Link is OUTRAGEOUS !!!

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/7cqmogh

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And Apple Brags About its Solar Array in N.C.

Company says Array Powering Massive Data Center will be the Largest End-User-owned Operation in the Country.

Another Crazy 244 characters to link to a page were 26 character does just fine...Wingman.

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/7dnq5zx

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Monday, February 20, 2012

MC2 Post 1197 VLC 2.0 is Released__New Look New Features and Improvements

From: http://www.windows7hacker.com

VLC

For most average consumers, with VLC, you don’t ever need to worry which format the video is.

It can pretty much play all kinds of videos, even for some partial uncompleted videos.

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Download VLC 2.0 for Windows now

http://sourceforge.net/projects/vlc/files/2.0.0/win32/vlc-2.0.0-win32.exe/

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Original Link at 212 characters had no chance with me,,,, Wingman.

TinyURL: http://tinyurl.com/7p3msdq

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Sunday, February 19, 2012

MC2 Post 1196 5 New Sites Have Been Added to Daily Rotation

Real Dan, ScienceNow, Windows 7 Hacker, Domain Name Wire and The Domains.

Of These 3 and 2 Seem the Most Interesting To ME....

In That Order.

Wingman.

Being a Linux and Open Source Kind of Guy,

the site called Windows 7 Hacker

Really Intrigued me.

I mean, if you use Windows for any length of time you realize it's not as fully cooked as Apple is. And you need a bit of tweaking and maybe even hacking to smooth out the wrinkles.