Monthly Archive for November, 2007

Gamer picture viewer

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So, you’ve got a shiny new Xbox 360 and you’re all set up to play except for one thing: your Gamer Picture. It’s an important step in creating your online identity after all. Heck, even veterans like to change things up once in a while. So, if you find yourself still saddled with stupid green circles or that weird Darth Vader skull thing, we’ve got just the solution for you. Introducing the Gamerpic Scout from MyGamerCard.net. More or less, the Scout is simply a Gamerpic search engine. Just enter a word — “zombie” for example — and you’ll be directed to all the Gamerpics associated with that word (you can also search for pics by Gamertag). Click on one of the icons that pops up — let’s say Master Chief from Halo 3 — and it will tell you how much it costs and whether or not it’s still available.

Popularity: 32%

Looking for low airfare this holiday?

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windowseat.pngIf you haven’t booked your ticket home for the holidays yet, the Productivity Portfolio weblog test drove some top travel search engines you may want to hit up. They tried out Lifehacker favorite Kayak, Yahoo Farechase, SideStep and Farecast for a flight in December and got back varying results for each. How did you get the best price for your flight home this holiday? Let us know in the comments, and be sure to check out Adam’s checklist for the power traveler. Photo by S. Baker.

Popularity: 5%

Online car maintenance scheduler tool

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servicebeacon.pngKeep track of your car’s maintenance schedule and history with web site ServiceBeacon. After you register, just provide the site with your vehicle information (make, model, mileage), and service station. At this point, creating a service schedule and maintaining your car’s service history is a breeze. ServiceBeacon will even alert you of any recalls for your make and model should any come up. Whether you have no idea when your oil was last changed or you already keep detailed records of all of your scheduled auto maintenance, ServiceBeacon intends to streamline the process.

Popularity: 5%

Hotspot for your ride

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clipped from gizmodo.com

airbox.jpgThe new Airbox CM3 mobile router allows devices like PDAs, laptops, and gaming consoles to be simultaneously connected to the internet in a moving vehicle via Wi-Fi or one of two Ethernet jacks —no additional software or PCMCIA cards required. When connected to a 3G digital cellular telephone network (generally EV-DO), speeds average out at 400-800 Kbps with bursts up to 2.4 Mbps. When no 3G signals are available, the Airbox will switch to 2G and average speeds of 120 Kbps. According to product tests, the wireless range extends up to 300 feet and the connection has proven reliable —even when traveling at 100 mph.

Popularity: 5%

Web domain tools

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picky domains

Finding a relevant, memorable, and brand-worthy name that isn’t already registered is difficult these days. In this article you can find information you need on domain names. This overview of hand-picked domain-related tools, articles and resources will be helpful, time- and effort-saving.

Picky Domains unites 17 domain namers from United States, Canada, Russia, UK, Australia and New Zealand, all with extensive experience of picking great domain names. If you need a great, memorable, easy to pronounce domain name that exactly describes what your website is all about - you are in the right place. It finds available domain names that are descriptive, concise and are easily remembered.? PickyDomains.Com is completely risk free. PickyDomians will work for free with blog owners (as long as your blog is real and has traffic).

Popularity: 5%

HD DVD player at Wal-Mart for $98

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clipped from www.dailytech.com
Just as the market was getting used to the idea of a sub-$200 HD DVD player, the looming promise of crazy sales for this holiday season has driven high-definition movie hardware at levels never thought possible.
Believe it or not Wal-Mart is advertising that it will sell the Toshiba HD-A2 this Friday for $98.87. The holiday-themed ad calls the sale this Friday the “Secret In-Store Specials.” The Toshiba HD-A2 is asterisked with the notes saying that the product may not be available in all stores and that it will be while quantities last – suggesting that there could be a limited number set aside as a “doorcrasher” item.
The third-generation Toshiba HD-A3 will also be soon selling at $169.99 at Sears during its Black Friday sale, according to blackfriday.info. The player currently sells for $299.99.

Popularity: 21%

The next image standard - JPEG XR format

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Microsoft HD Photo header infoImage compression technology has come a long way since the JPEG standard was set in the 90s. But JPEG is still the standard used by most digital cameras.

Microsoft has been lobbying hard to make its HD Photo format (also known as Windows Media Photo) the new standard. And it looks like the Joint Photographic Experts Group, the group behind the JPEG file format, have approved a plan to rename HD Photo “JPEG XR” and to make the format a new standard of sorts.

We don’t expect old fashioned JPG images to disappear overnight, but HD Photo files can show a higher range of colors, supports in-camera image processing, and offers more advanced compression techniques than today’s JPEG files.

[via Thomas Hawk]

Popularity: 10%

See what everyone else is looking at

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picurls

While we’re still waiting for Digg to roll out a dedicated image section, many of the top ’stories” submitted to social news sites like Digg, Reddit, StumbleUpon, and Del.icio.us are funny, interesting, or beautiful images. Picurls collects the all and makes it easy to find some of the most viewed pictures of the day from popular websites.

Popularity: 5%

Show me your Google phone face

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The first “official” details about Google Phone Software and Android, the open mobile platform from WP:

1. Motorola, Samsung, HTC and and LG Electronics have agreed to use Google’s software in some of their phones.

2. Google Phone Software will be available only in second half of 2008.

3. Google won’t be making the phones, nor does it plan to stamp its prized brand on the devices. Consumers will have to buy a new phone to get the Google software because the bundle wasn’t made for existing handsets.

4. Speech recognition and voice based search will be powered by Nuance software that also makes Dragon NaturallySpeaking.

5. Google’s phone software will be free unlike Palm, Nokia, Microsoft of RIM (BlackBerry) who charge handset makers to install their operating systems.

6. The prices of smart phones running Google Phone software would be less since manufacturers won’t have to pay for software.

Full story on WashingtonPost.com and Google Press

Popularity: 4%

Gmail IMAP with Outlook 2007

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on November 2, 2007
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clipped from lifehacker.com
gmailimapoutlook.png You already know how to turn Thunderbird into the ultimate Gmail/IMAP client, but lots of folks are using Microsoft Outlook on a daily basis (whether by personal or company choice.) The How-To Geek runs down how to set up Gmail in Outlook 2007 using IMAP and what actions in Outlook do what in Gmail (flag in Outlook = star in Gmail, for example.) Outlook’s Large Mail search folder is a great way to clean out your Gmail account, too.

Popularity: 4%