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| Posted: 17 Apr 2009 09:28 AM PDT
We’ve seen the leaked photos of the D5000’s in the wild, but the official announcement came through from Nikon about the D5000. The D5000 features a 2.7-inch vari-angle LCD monitor that allows you to shoot easily from any angle you can work your way into.
Also making an appearance is the D90’s groundbreaking HD movie capability, Nikon’s proprietary D-Movie function. The D9000 features a12.3MP sensor and high-sensitivity between ISO 200 and 3200, which can be extended to ISO 100 and ISO 6400 equivalent. The new D5000 also gives the user a wide variety of photo editing options within the camera for the quick adjustments post-shot. The D5000 will be available later this month, and will cost $730 for body only, or $850 for body and the ƒ3.5-5.6G 18-55mm VR lens. The D5000 is positioned as more of a consumer level camera that will fill the gap between entry level and professional grade cameras. The D5000 is sure to be a popular choice for photography enthusiasts. [Via AVING] Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| Is keyboard furniture the next memory foam? Posted: 17 Apr 2009 09:20 AM PDT
If you've got about 40 of the same keyboard lying around (aww, I only have 37!) then might I suggest fashioning them all into a chair of some type? That's what designer Dante Bonuccelli did with his "Text-ile" chair for the 2009 UMUL (Use More, Use Less) workshop in Milan, Italy. It looks cool, yes, but is it comfortable? That all depends on the type of keyboard you use, I guess. Find yourself a bunch of super springy keyboards and maybe you've developed the next memory foam trend. That, or it just feels like sitting on a bunch of little plastic squares and rectangles. This is just a concept for now. If it ever becomes a real product, it'll probably be prohibitively expensive unless there's a kids version that uses netbook keyboards. [MoCo Loco via Foolish Gadgets/OhGizmo!] View original here: |
| Gamer Supreme 928i soon to be available through NewEgg Posted: 17 Apr 2009 09:16 AM PDT Hardcore gamers out there might be interested to know that the Gamer Supreme 928i from iBUYPOWER will soon be available through NewEgg exclusively for $1,299. The rig is positioned for gamers who need the performance, and have a bit of spending money. The specs are pretty nice, so make sure you check those out below.
I don't know about you, but most gamers I know usually build their rigs. However, the issues and hassle of doing so are a pretty good deterrent. The Gamer Supreme 928i offers gamers the latest Core i7 processors, and some powerful graphics cards. The 928i was able to achieve 60 frames-per-second at a resolution of 1280×1024 while playing the system intensive World in Conflict on the Very High setting, using the game's built-in benchmark mode. That's not too shabby. The specifications are as follows: All that and a one year warranty with parts and labor. You can buy one here. [via SlashGear.com] |
| Pogoplug iPhone app makes external HD’s accessible from anywhere Posted: 17 Apr 2009 09:03 AM PDT
A new application application for the iPhone called Pogoplug allows users to access their computer’s external hard drives from anywhere through the Pogoplug, a $99 personal cloud storage device. Accessing the hard drives isn’t the only trick this app can do: it can stream music, video and view office files. If users don’t have space on their iPhone for a movie, they can simply elect to stream it from their external storage over the air.
The Pogoplug (pictured above) allows the creation of a personal file-sharing cloud for access anywhere on the internet. You can send and retrieve files, stream movies and music, and do anything else you want as if you were actually plugged into the external drive. This is definitely a handy option for users who lose thumb-drives but still need copious amounts of storage on the go. The Pogoplug iPhone application is Free, but requires the $99 Pogoplug to work. If anyone makes the purchase, let us know how it works out. Hopefully we can get our hands on one to try it out soon. [Pogoplug and the Pogoplug App] Relevant Entries on SlashGear
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| A collection of childish, over-the-top reactions to The Pirate Bay guilty verdict Posted: 17 Apr 2009 09:00 AM PDT
We now know the verdict of the Trial of the Digital Century: guilty. And while rational people realize that we’re now about to embark on an endless series of appeals, grandstanding and legal alchemy, there exists a certain subset of the Internet that has used the opportunity to completely freak out. Come, join CrunchGear as we traverse the stupid Internet in search of some of the most childish, irrational and over-the-top reactions to the verdict. All of these quote are unedited, though line breaks have been removed in the interest of clarity. Where possible, the first word of each quote links to its permalink. The following quotes come from digg, the Library of Alexandria of our time: • SCANDAL! When did US law become Swedish law ?? Now the MPAA and the other assholes will think it’s okay to just go around and sue people in every country in the world, because they will just adopt US law once they go to court. We need to go to the streets now. • the swedish goverment is a bunch of PANTZIES. • How do you like the change? Change seems to be spreading like wildfire. I can hear the Obama speech in the works. “There will be no more free rides for pirates in our great country, nor in the world.” • Malicious hackers of the world, please rain down some hell on some fools for this. • i will tattoo the blueprints of the prison on my body and go and free the pirates. support me • FUCK THE RIAA • FUCK THE JURY • Now here is something that sucks so hard it is just un fucking real. I know a few people who admitted allowing torture. People who committed the worst crimes in recent history. Causing death! We all know that they will walk. Now, The Pirate Bay people were actually providing a great service for a lot of people with fantastic technology. I say, boycott whatever we need to boycott to get this under some real judges. I say: Respect for the guys and wish them the best in this. • LOL and the sponsors, paying for Digg, on the cover story of this discussion are: FrostWire, Fire Torrent and MP3 Rocket… genius [That one just made me laugh, but not in a "Jesus, are you kidding?" manner -Nicholas.] • WONDERFUL News! Hang them ALL! The following quote come from TorrentFreak. Again, permalinks to the quote in the first word. • SOMEONE GOT BRIBED , CASH MONEY RULES US ALL • IT is time to get up and do something !!! NO more pasive things … ACTIVE ACTION all over EUROPE !!! PUSH YOUR GOVERMENT !!! • THIS MEANS WAR! • Si vis pacem, para bellum. War has begun, prepare to fight NOW! I invite you to OnionLand, in Onionforum we can prepare the attack. • Long live TPB. this is a very sad day for the world .. • A sad sad day for freedom • WTF FFS i cant believe this sh!t. • If you strike us down, we will become more powerful than you can ever imagine! • This is now officially WAR. No longer will I buy music or movies in any form. No longer will I buy anything that has anything to do whatsoever with Sweden. I've enjoyed traveling there in the past, but never again. • Death capitalists! Give ddos! Freedom can not be put in jail! Long Live PirateBay! Let There Be Torrent! The following comes from Twitter. I’ve kept these to a minimum because, since, as is the nature of Twitter, everyone thinks they’re breaking news; they’re not freaking out as much as you’d find on blogs or message boards. Plus, the topic is trending right now, meaning that every two seconds 50+ tweets pop up—I will not subject myself to that trauma. • Sad day for the world. Pirate Bay’s Creaters have been found guilty. The copy right holders still in dark ages and keeping us there as well • The Pirate-Bay crew found guilty! Political pressure, bribery, and surreptitiousness prevent fair trials. I CRY VENDETTA!!! So there’s a slice of heaven for you, friends. I hope not too many of you are plotting the overthrow of your government as a result of the ruling. Here is the original post: |
| As Court Prepares Shackles For The Pirate Bay, Other Torrent Sites Are Ready To Replace It Posted: 17 Apr 2009 08:47 AM PDT
Despite some early fumbling by the prosecution, a judge in Sweden handed down a guilty verdict today in the case against The Pirate Bay, the popular BitTorrent search site. The four founders, who still seem to think this is a big joke, each face one year of jail time and a $3.6 million fine. The site will continue to function for now as they appeal the decision. Even though the Pirate Bay does nothing more than point to other places on the Web where people can find BitTorrent files, including both legal and illegal downloads of music, movies, and other content, the court ruled that the Pirate Bay assisted in wholesale copyright infringement. Nobody should really be surprised by this ruling. In the past, companies such as Napster and Grokster got into trouble in U.S. courts for similar types of "vicarious infringement" and "inducement" to infringe. The music industry still spends an inordinate amount of money on legal fees (although it has come down from the $140 million it used to spend annually, not counting whatever it cost the RIAA to go after those 35,000 file-sharers before they decided that was not a cost-effective policy). And it will continue to spend money going after big sites where file-sharers congregate. That is the stick part of its carrot-and-stick business model. They are still trying to figure out what the carrot will be, but increasingly it looks like licensing ad-supported streams on the Web. In the meantime, people will continue to download or stream free music wherever they can. Even if the Pirate Bay is ultimately shut down, there are already plenty of other torrent tracking sites ready to take its place. One of them, Mininova tracks nearly as many torrent files (1.13 million versus 1.7 million for The Pirate Bay) and already has more Web visitors. According to comScore, Mininova had 26.2 million unique visitors worldwide in February, versus 14.6 million for the Pirate Bay and even old-school torrent-tracker Torrentz had 13.7 million and has been running neck-and-neck with the Pirate Bay in terms of visitors. Other estimates put the Pirate Bay users at 20 million. Regardless of what happens to the Pirate Bay, torrent freaks have plenty of other options and always will. If the music industry really wants to fight illegal file-sharing, it needs to work on planting more carrots.
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| Kenwood introduces a pair of very cool glass speakers Posted: 17 Apr 2009 08:44 AM PDT
Kenwood Japan today announced the SP0001 [JP], a pair of awesome-looking glass speakers that can be pimped with with either a blue LED stand (SP0011) or a white LED stand (SP0012). The speakers feature 8Ω output at 10W each (80Hz-25kHz).
Sized at 140×170×195mm, one speaker weighs 2.3kg (weight of the stand: 350g). In Japan, Kenwood is selling the speakers for $1,050, while the stands are priced at $210 each. The devices are only available in Kenwood’s Japanese online store at this point (sales began today). The company hasn’t said if the speakers will be available outside Nippon as well. See original here: |
| Um, Facebook. Your Developer Site Has Been Defaced Posted: 17 Apr 2009 08:42 AM PDT
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| SACD still kick’n, new player coming from Pioneer Posted: 17 Apr 2009 08:40 AM PDT
The optical music market is still alive, folks. Pioneer is releasing a new high-end player for your listening pleasure. Not only does the PDX-Z10 support SACDs, but also sports a USB port for DAP or iPod connectivity along with Bluetooth audio streaming support. The circuity within is sure to improve the crappy MP3 audio file too, although it probably will come nowhere close to the pristine sound of a SACD through this player. Chances are SACD fans in the US will have to import this player from Japan if they want to get a hold of the latest from Pioneer. It will go on sale there at the end of may for 150,000 Yen or $1,510 USD. But come on, don't you want Bluetooth audio streaming, eh? Here is the original post: |
| My Name Is E potentially cracks the e-cards conundrum Posted: 17 Apr 2009 08:35 AM PDT
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