I tend to shuffle around 2GB movie clips and audio on a regular basis. Just imagine how long that’d take on a standard PC! Good thing I discovered the compact TeraCopy  program designed to copy and move files at the maximum possible speed. It’s chockful of  features that Microsoft whould have integrated into Windows.

Teracopy works  using dynamically adjusted buffers to reduce seek times. Asynchronous copy speeds up file transfer between two physical hard drives. You can also pause and resume file transfers. In the rare case of copy error, it will try several times and in the worse case just skips the file, not terminating the entire transfer. TeraCopy can completely replace Explorer copy and move functions, allowing you work with files as usual.

Image of TeraCopy. look at that detail!

Download this kickass speed-demon:

TeraCopy 2.0 Beta 4a (link 1)
TeraCopy 2.0 Beta 4a (link 2)

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Slow File Transfers Get Your Goat?

Microsoft is flippin’ excited to release IE8 Beta 2 today for public download. You can find it at http://www.microsoft.com/ie8. Please try it out!

You’ll find versions for 32- and 64-bit editions of Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008. In addition to English, IE8 Beta 2 is available in Japanese, Chinese (Simplified), and German. Additional languages will be available soon.

While Beta 1 was for developers, Microsoft thinks that anyone who browses or works on the web will enjoy IE8 Beta 2. Before the team blogs about our Beta 2 in detail, here’s an overview of what you’ll find in IE8. Continue Reading »
IE8 Has Landed. Hoohaaa!

For the cheapos, Memory Diagnostic is a freebie software tool available for download from the Microsoft websiste. It’s built to sniff out flaws in a machine’s RAM modules.

We know that the source mant blue screen is not always Windows, or rogue code for that matter. Guilt could just stem from stressed system memory. That’s what makes  Windows Memory Diagnostic so valuable. The software handily tests the RAM on a computer and uncovers any error.

“Windows Memory Diagnostic supports x86-based computers with the following microprocessors: Intel – Pentium or Celeron families; AMD – K6, Athlon, or Duron families; and microprocessors compatible with those listed above. You can test all types of RAM that run on x86-based computers with the supported microprocessors,” touts Microsoft’s description of the tool. Continue Reading »
Kickstart Your Memory With Software from Micro$oft

Remember the ole  Ion USB Turntable… the cute little gadget that allows you revive your aging vinyl records and transform them digitally into kickass MP3 files. Kinda obvious that the crackly audio cassettes were outcasted since shiny new technology refused to play them anymore… Sigh … Well not anymore!Now Ion released a gadget that specifically plays cassettes!

Over at ThinkGeek the geeky brains developed the  the USB Cassette Deck. This lil baby not only plays cassettes over USB ports, it helps you convert low tech data stream from your magnetic media into high end formats for playback on your ipod and whatnot. Plus you can copy your stash to CDs! Continue Reading »
USB Cassette Deck: Trip Down Memory Lane

More and more folks are jumping onto the 2.4 GHz ISM Band and with it’s exploding popularity,  interference from non-Wifi devices can massivel degrade Wi-Fi performance. But no fret. There’s a tool to mitigate your concerns.

Enter the Wi-Spy which is the world’s smallest 2.4 GHz spectrum analyzer. This baby had been created specifically for troubleshooting and analyzing Wi-Fi systems. It displays the signal power for all Wi-Fi networks including Bluetooth, 2.4 GHz phones, microwaves, toys, and all other 2.4 GHz transmitters. At a glance you can see what Wi-Fi channels are quiet and what channels you should shun. The tool makes it a no brainer to select a quiet channel for your wireless router instead of guessing your favorite number between 1 and 11.

Now the pioneer Wi-Spy software was good. The second iteration with the new and improved Chanalyzer 2.0 software offers a superbly revamped interface that affords a more concrete view of your wireless battleground. Combined with the Wi-Spy spectrum analyzer, Chanalyzer will help you visualize, troubleshoot, and optimize your wireless network. Continue Reading »
How to Spy on Your Wifi

Is Fido peeved or piss-happy? Now you’ll know. Never again will you guess what that fluffball wants. And it’s all thanks to the wonder’s of LED techology

The LED Tail communicator, interprets what your dog struggles to impart. The Tail Communicator measures a dog’s WPM, or wags per minute, and translates that enthusiasm into a message a string of words that floats akin to  those in novelty LED-arm clocks.

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How To Read Your Dog’s Ass

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Here’s one way to make colour dazzle even the nastiest art critic: with a digital brush powered by a natural palette! This amazing tool captures the colour of  lass’s lovely eye to make your digital paintings realistic. Or even the texture of her leg to turn the background ultra realistic. And the methodology isn’t even magic.

I/O brush uses amazing technology. You can use the brush to pick up textures, colours and patterns from whatever it touches  and then whip  it onto a digital canvas. No matter how complex the swirls, whorls and what not, you’ll grab detail in full glory. Even the wrinkles of granny’s leathery flesh.

The brush’s innards boasts a camera, lights, touch sensitive optic strands. When the brush comes in contact with a surface, the optic strands sense it and lights up the bulb. The camera takes rapid snapshots and files it in an internal memory. Anytime you want to exercise your creative genius, simply retrieve your data and paint it on a digital canvas- say with Photoshop.

Not everyone will appreciate this doodad, but it will surely be a boon to those in graphic advertising.

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A paradox? Not really. Some really nice and proper English scientists have racked their brains to change the conventional touch pad designs. More details in the Newscientist report: Source

This ”mouspad” scansyour fingertips to identify what you are touching. The sensor cam queries  your fingernails and pumps clear images. It then picks up your touch as well as the force applied, heck, even on a 3D surface. This is accomplishedd by evaluating the blood pressure underneath the nails  caught in images. Continue Reading »
Future Touchpads Go Low Tech

Want to beef up your ailing home network? Linksys has the solution for you with a draftN solution… and it sure looks sexy: the RangePlus 160N!

The Linksys Ultra RangePlus Wireless-N Broadband Router is touted as three devices in one package. You get the mandatory Wireless Access Point, which lets you connect to the network without wires. There’s also a built-in 4-port full-duplex 10/100 Switch to connect your wired-Ethernet devices together. The Router function blends it all together and lets your whole network share a high-speed cable or DSL Internet connection. The Access Point built into the Router deploys the very latest wireless networking power. Unleashing overlaying the signals with multiple radios, Wireless-N’s Multiple In, Multiple Out (MIMO) system multiplies the real world data rate. The staunch signal travels really far, maintaining wireless connections beyond than  Wireless-G. Wireless-N can easily enable double-speed mode for Wireless-N devices, while still connecting to other wireless devices at their respective fastest speeds. The company claims that in congested areas, the Good Neighbor methodology guarantes that the Router seeks for other wireless devices in the area prior to snapping up the radio band. And of course to secure your data and privacy, the Router hanily encode all wireless transmissions with unbreakable 256-bit encryption. It easily works as your network’s DHCP Server, boasts a powerful SPI firewall to protect your PCs against intruders and most known Internet attacks, and supports VPN pass-through. Setup is a nobrainer with the web browser-based configuration utility- my network ran in mins flat from out the box! The incredible speed of Wireless-N makes it indispensable for media-centric applications like streaming video, gaming, and Voice over IP telephony, and gives you plenty of headroom to run multiple media-intense data streams through the network simultaneously, with no lag in performance. Continue Reading »
Linksys WRT160N Review: It’s Hot!

You have a Sony Bravia, the latest progressive DVD player and really kick-ass cool furniture by design architect Guggenheim. Now all you need is a modern fire place that matches all that high tech gadgetry. If you’re in the market for one, do consider the  Superior Scandium. It’s a flueless gas fire which you hang on your wall and it looks darn good!

The device measures 1055mm wide, 530mm heigh and has a depth of just 183mm making it very thin. It is made of brushed metal and is finished in Black Glass and Aluminium. With it being flueless it operates at 100% efficiency making it a good choice in all areas. The heat output of the fire is 3.5Kw and it requires no flue making it quicker to install.

Check it out here

http://www.firesgalore.co.uk/

Dozens of my friends have been scammed on ebay.  There are dozens of fraud and payment scams where the buyer ends up paying for stuff and not receiving a thing. Here’s what I do to prevent being victimized when shopping the latest gadgets for this site:

• Never reply to (or click on links ) within email purportedly from ebay. 98% of all the wild email from paypal, ebay, Bank of America , etc are phising schemes designed to wrest critical information from you. Succumb- and you’re giving thieves access to your account.  Instead, login directly to your ebay account where the real messages are stored. This ensures that monsters are not stealing your information
• Never click on user-created links in auction listings. My buddy did and ended up having to cancel a credit card.
• Never allow your browser to automatically log you in. Instead, enter your passwords manually. Automatic login may leave vulnerable cookies on your PC that miscreants can steal!
• Ask lots of questions. Never bid till you know the answers. Assume nothing. Implications are just guesses and can lead to disappointments!
• Leave feedback only after you are satisfied. Leaving it before disempowers you. You lose your bargaining chip!

I’ve tried em all. Slimming pills like hydroxycut, xenadrine and xenical. Then there are those slimming wraps that freeze your arse off. Oh, and the excruciating the ab rollers and abflex from Home TV shopping.  (All those did was tear my back). These mostly failed to live up to the hype.

Top of my head, the only 4 things that really helped me shed the pounds over the months included:

1) a gym membership and good diet

2) RF treatment (the usage of radio frequencies that zap fat and melt it)

3) water diet. drink 8 glasses a day

4) Sesame seeds or sesame tablets. These prevent you from absorbing fat and storing it.

Try it folks. Ive officially reached my desired weight level with just these. Now I can gorge!!

Let anyone see this, and even your best friend will plan a heist!

Plica Phone

The Plica is a cool cellphone concept that merges two screens which functions as a touch keyboard and touch screen.  In a way, it looks a tad like a laptop- just smaller and lighter. And at 8 hours, runs about 3x as long as a laptop.

Fully spread out the unit and the screens flatten out as a large working space for doodling and websurfing. Done? Fold it up into a neat compact wallet-sized doodad and slip it into your pocket. It’s the ultimate in portability

Aside from USB and headphone ports, it appears that the unit also sports the usual connectivity fare found on other average cellphones. Processor is quite beefy too. It’s an ideal unit for video and mp3 playback. But the batts can take a hit

 James Piatt  is developing this toy and it won’t be long before you see one of these babies on the road.

Check it out: The AccomodatorWTF Is It?: A rubber strap-on dildo donned on your chin “to enhance oral pleasure.”

How the hell do you use it?: Now you can eat your girlfriend while fuck her pussy wet of course…… for as long as you get her to stop laughing like crazy when you wear the damn thing.

It’s for: Crazy guys who’re no longer can get their peckers up from too much use and abuse. Or guys ashamed to show their one inch weiners.

Hmmm… I bet your GF will call you “Crazy Dildo Face” till the day you die!

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Back in the good ole days when Doctors had to see what was stopping up your gut, the tool of choice

Medical robot

involved a spongy cable they stuffed down your throat and wiggled around your innards. It wasn’t pleasant. My grandma wretched the last time she suffered this indignity.  Oh- and entry was manageable. It was egress that hurt. Pulling the cord out was like someone reaching into your balls from the throat and yanking it out.

Now doctors have developed a new technology that mitigates such suffering. Instead of a cord, a tiny capsule flies into your body operated by remote control. The attending physician simply navigates the robot throughout your internal organs, snapping away as it goes.No cord needed- the cute little guy is totally wireless.

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Intrepid Voyager Into Your Body