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Voltage Pictures Cracks Down on Internet Piracy

Here at the Smarter Gadgets blog, we’ve been covering several stories involving piracy lately. While it’s a continual issue for multimedia  companies in the 21st century, the sad truth is that a large number of people continue to find ways to acquire music and movies illegally. The reasons for this continuing trend are complex, involving the quality of media available for download as well as the ease with which it can be acquired

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Sony Bravia NX703 (KDL-46NX703) review

Sony hasn’t endeared itself to us in recent years with expensive TVs that weren’t up to its former high standards, but the NX703 is part of a new wave of Bravias with a smart ‘Monolith’ design, Freeview HD and some very high-end Internet-connected features. Has Sony finally justified the price tag?

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Apple iPad Should Use Pixel Qi Screen: Hands-On Video

Check out the comparison that Charbax made between the Apple iPad screen and the Pixel Qi dual mode screen in broad sunlight during an interview with Mary Lou Jepsen: I love Charbax’s commentary during the interview: “I think iPad should use Pixel Qi. That’s kinda what I was hoping they would announce, world’s first distribution of the Pixel Qi screen” You’re not the only one – this Apple fanboy is also expecting something dramatic next week at WWDC 2010. .

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TalkTalk Broadband And Phone FREE For 1 Year

TalkTalk ( talktalk.co.uk ) has today launched an exclusive 12 months FREE offer on its broadband and phone Essentials package. The offer is available for 1 week only until Monday June 7th and can be ordered either online at the TalkTalk.co.uk website or by calling TalkTalk on 0800 049 7865.

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The secrets of 2D to 3D conversion

Last month, LG introduced the world to its own version of 3D technology, complete with two different types of glasses for viewing stereoscopic images. This week, as part of an ongoing guide to the 3D world, LG takes a look at 2D to 3D conversion, how it works and just how good it is. IMAX: Feels so Real Creating stereoscopic 3D images requires that the left and right eye see different images

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XO Laptops Create Spontaneous Helping Interactions

I am Gerald Ardito, a doctoral student at Pace University , and have been studying the impact that the XO Laptops and their Sugar software have on the classroom environment of a suburban, 5th grade cohort in The Shape of Disruption .

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System Center Configuration Manager v.Next Beta 1 – now available

System Center Configuration Manager enables a powerful user-centric approach to client management. This approach addresses the growing reality – that people want to move fluidly between multiple devices and networks – by making it easier for IT to support users with configurations tied to their identity instead of to individual systems or devices

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Battery Plugged in not charging and not detected solution

I have a Dell Vostro 1510 laptop, and when i have the battery charger plugged in, the battery icon says “10% available (plugged in, not charging)”, and if i pull out the cord, the laptop shuts down straight away. Can this be fixed, and if so, how?

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Huawei TDD LTE demo aboard the Shanghai MagLev train

I spent almost a week in Shanghai recently, courtesy of Huawei , the Chinese telco and network giant. There was lots to see, not at least the Shanghai Expo 2010 , the well-preserved city itself and the public transport system that’s excellent with underground trains , buses and Volkswagen taxis. Depending on who you ask, there are between 19 to 22 million people in Shanghai and trust me, it’s a big place

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Huawei TDD LTE demo aboard the Shanghai MagLev train

Make a Real Living Off Your Blog in 2007

XBox 360 Spiele bestellen Make a Real Living off Your Blog in 2007 by Paula Neal Mooney Blogging is “hot ta death,” as the kids would say. So this New Year's Day 2007 has me ruminating over ways to increase my blogging-from-home (or wherever) business goals to reach my ultimate goal: making a real living and drawing a six-figure-plus salary from blogging in 2007

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Lavod Bike MP3 Speaker and Flashlight

If you’re a keen cyclist but don’t want to block out the sounds of the country (or other traffic for that matter) then wearing headphones and listening to an MP3 player while riding may be something you avoid. However, you don’t need to go without music, thanks to the Lavod Bike MP3 Speaker and Flashlight.

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Best Compaq and Hewlett Packard Laptop Computers for 2009 Under $600: Good Notebooks Can Still Be Cheap

Fuji Film Finepix Online Shop In today's society, it is very important to keep organized. With our lives constantly becoming busier and with more responsibilities it is important to keep yourself organized

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mig33 Is Hiring!

mig33 is expanding and is hiring more engineers and designers! Engineers (preferably raw graduates to 5 years experience), proficient with PHP / MYSQL Web Engineers Java Engineers J2ME Engineers Designers (Doing everything from product design to artwork to web design) If you are interested, send your resume to lester.chan AT mig33global DOT com

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Sony Ericsson’s “Backstage” Session

Backstage Passes Was invited to a Sony Ericsson’s Backstage blogger session, it is my first time attending a Sony Ericsson event! We are introduce to the company (Sony) tag line which is “make.believe”. The “dot” in the “make.believe” is important because it separates “make believe” from “make” and “believe”.

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TelstraClear fail to communicate with customers, again (and under DDoS by the way)

It’s incredible but TelstraClear does it again. Looking at their status page I see this: But right now many sites such as Bing.com and Xero.com (both distributed through Akamai), plus Amazon AWS and others are unreachable through TelstraClear’s network

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TelstraClear fail to communicate with customers, again (and under DDoS by the way)

5 Ridiculously Expensive Apple Gadgets You Won't Believe Are Real

Fuji Kamera billig Apple unveiled its latest computer “baby.” The Macbook Air – a laptop that's less than an inch thick with a 13.3″ screen and LED back-lighting everywhere. The question isn't about its features – they are impressive in such a small package – is it worth the price tag of $1800? There have been ultra-thin laptops before – like the Sony X505 back in 2003, which is 50 years ago in terms of electronics – but the Macbook Air is 0.13″ at the front and 0.76″ in the back, it's widest point.

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Microsoft Stakes Entertainment and Devices Division: The Vampire Division Problem

A Vampire Division is defined as a business unit that sucks value from a company but doesn’t return a comparable level of benefit. In short, it does more damage than good but often conceals that damage because the true costs are not captured by finance.

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Microsoft Stakes Entertainment and Devices Division: The Vampire Division Problem

The Infocomm Accessibility Centre Organises The Tweet Meet!

The Infocomm Accessibility Centre to organise The Tweet Meet to bridge the digital divide for people with disabilities Centre aims to offer more IT course placements to people with disabilities Singapore, 26 May 2010 – The Infocomm Accessibility Centre (IAC) announced today that it has launched a month-long civic movement titled The Tweet Meet to encourage members of the public to help bridge the digital divide for people with disabilities. The civic movement will culminate in a digital picnic at SMU Campus Green on 26 June, where people with disabilities and the public will have the unique opportunity to interact with each other physically and via online platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, and Skype.

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7 steps to avoid Dell Inspiron Laptop Battery aging course

According to Dell, the Inspiron laptop battery should last somewhere between 18 to 24 months before seeing a decline in performance. After that, it is likely that the announcement of Inspiron 630m Battery will not last as long as possible. When this happens, you should consider change the old battery with new one

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Battery Plugged in not charging and battery not detected solution

I have a Dell Vostro 1510 laptop, and when i have the battery charger plugged in, the battery icon says “10% available (plugged in, not charging)”, and if i pull out the cord, the laptop shuts down straight away.

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