Oct 26
The Microsoft Surface arrives today. It’s been touted as the perfect compromise between laptop and tablet. (From what we can tell, that’s not quite the case.) More »
Oct 26
Your favorite rapper’s favorite file sharing website is going to relaunch as soon as 2013, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom announced today. The site, simply called Mega, is going to be a rebirth of a website that once recorded 50 million unique visitors in a day as recently as 2011. Earlier this year, US investigators in conjunction with New Zealand police raided Kim Dotcom’s mansion and servers. The raid happened on January 19, 2011, so Dotcom figures January 19 2012 is a perfect time to relaunch the site. (more…)
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Kim Dotcom Promises A New, Legally-Secure MegaUpload, Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom heads to U.S. to answer piracy charges,
Oct 26
Assuming you have just made the migration to the Windows 8 operating system, you might find the entire experience a wee bit disoriented. After all, it does take some time to get used to a new operating system, and Windows 8 is no different. Some folks who do rely on Google’s suite of apps might want things to work as they did before, which is why Google has shared just how one is able to get their Google experience back, so to speak. The team over at Google designed and built a new Google Search app and Chrome browser for Windows 8, while setting up a simple site so that you can, in essence, “get your Google back.”
The Google Search app sports a clean and recognizable user interface at first glance, and the newly integrated voice search will allow you to naturally speak questions. Thanks to touchscreen sensitivity, its image search and image previews have been specially constructed and programmed for such interfaces, and you will also receive immediate results as you type with Google Instant.
The Chrome browser will remain as it is, although there are some customizations thrown into the mix for touchscreen use, such as larger buttons as well as the option to keep Chrome open next to your other favorite apps.
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Google confirms arrival of Chrome for Windows 8, Google Chrome for Windows 8 Metro UI also in development,
Oct 26
Tumblr down
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Popular blogging platform Tumblr is still not up after suffering from an outage right before half past eight earlier this Friday morning, where initial whispers of Tumblr being down and out were going around the Internet then, followed by official announcements and feeds as you can see above. In fact, Tumblr acknowledged the issues surrounding their website over Twitter, saying, “We’re experiencing slow loading or intermittent errors on certain pages and are working quickly to restore performance.” Right before 10 a.m. ET, they did send an update, “Tumblr is experiencing network problems following an issue with one of our uplink providers. We will return to full service shortly.”
Alas, things did not seem to go as planned as approximately 60 plus minutes later, issues plaguing Tumblr seemed to have gotten worse – or at least status quo remained, and Tumblr users were not too pleased with the delay in getting the service back up. I guess if you happen to host around 77 million blogs with a 36th ranking as the most popular website in the world, any problems affecting the uptime of your site definitely needs some looking into to make sure it does not happen again in the future.
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Tumblr launches new hub for original creative work, Tumblr for iOS gets revamped with new layout and other nifty features,
Oct 26
How to Build a Small Gaming PC
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Way back in December 2010, we built an awesome Mini-ITX gaming PC dubbed the Wee Ass-Kicking Machine. It featured a Core i7-870 CPU, a GeForce GTX 460 GPU, 4GB of DDR3, a 1TB hard drive, and a 120GB SSD-all crammed into a Silverstone SG07 chassis not much larger than a shoebox. The total cost? Around $1,600 (at the time). More »
Oct 26
Is it just me, or has the world of computer gaming peripherals gotten too commercialized? Here we are with Razer announcing the introduction of their Razer Surfaces 2013/2014 collection, which will comprise of a quartet of all-new mouse mats. The four would be the Razer Invicta, Razer Manticor, Razer Destructor 2 and Razer Megasoma 2, and all of them were specially engineered with new construction methods in order to deliver an unprecedented level of finish, followed by treatment with an all-new performance-boosting sensor-reactive surface coatings. You can be sure that there is a gaming mousepad for everyone and their own quirky gaming styles.
These Razer surfaces have been optimized for optical, laser and dual-sensor mouse tracking performance, where robot arms that never tire will move mice across the mats, monitoring the devices to make sure that the surface textures are able to meet and exceed Razer’s strict requirements for precise glide and control. Why not head on to the press release and read more about all four in greater detail? [Press Release]
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Razer Project Fiona hits the FCC, Star Wars Razer Blade gaming laptop costs 15,000 Republic credits,
Oct 26
New York Times website blocked in China after expose on Premier Wen Jiabao’s wealth
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I guess it was inevitable, although many would deem it to be silly and downright an admission of guilt, as China blocked the website of The New York Times after the paper revealed the kind of wealth that Premier Wen Jiabao and his family built throughout his tenure as a top government official. It seems that Wen’s wife and relatives have raked up at the very minimum, a whopping $2.7 billion, where the majority of it was made while Wen was in still in power. Of course, The New York Times was very careful in their words by not using the word “corruption” since there was no clear evidence that showed off that Wen had acted inappropriately in his wheelings and dealings.
The Chinese government did not take too kindly to this expose, considering how the 18th National Congress is about to take off next month which will ultimately result in a transfer of power. Other websites that received a similar treatment in China include Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: The New York Times lets you vent frustration on ads, Spammers take over New York Times e-mail list,
Oct 26
The US presidential election is going to be a closely watched one, after all three debates are over, and folks in the US are gearing up to elect their next leader for the coming years. Microsoft has jumped aboard the elections bandwagon by introducing Bing Elections, a portal that brings together comprehensive election news, up-to-the-minute election results, and social media insights.
As its name suggests, Bing Elections will be powered by Bing search technology, where it will merge the best from MSN and political partnerships ranging from Politico, Real Clear Politics, The Cook Political Report, Huffington Post and Associated Press. You will be able to get a comprehensive coverage on what’s going on in Election 2012, where there will be polls and predictions of every race and candidate down to the state and congressional level, not to mention a special and unique take each day from Politico as well as its candidate tracker. Definitely the site to bookmark if you do not want to miss a single bit of the nail biting excitement. [Press Release]
By Ubergizmo. Related articles: ‘Bing It On’ By Microsoft Takes On Google For A Challenge , Bing integrates Quora to social sidebar,
Oct 25
ECS A970M-A Deluxe ATX Motherboard
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ECS has come out with a new ATX motherboard, the A970M-A Deluxe. Based on AMD 970 + SB950 chipset, the board supports for AM3+ & AM3 processors, and features four DDR3 DIMM memory slots (up to 32GB), two PCI-Express x16 Gen2.0 slots, two PCI-Express x1 slots and two PCI slots. Connectivity-wise, it has five SATA 6.0 Gbps, one eSATA 6.0 Gbps, two USB 3.0, eight USB 2.0 and Gigabit Ethernet. Unfortunately, there’s no word on pricing yet. [ECS]
Oct 25
Unitcom is bringing you their newest desktop PC, the Lesance DT S3544-SSD/GT630. Specs-wise, the system features a 3.20GHz Intel Core i5-3470 (4-core) processor, an Intel B75 Express Chipset, a GeForce GT 630 1GB graphics card, a 4GB DDR3 RAM, a 120GB SSD (Intel 330), a 1TB hard drive, a DVD Super Multi Drive, a 450W power supply and runs on Windows 8 64-bit OS. Price itself is set at 69,980 Yen (about $876). [Product Page]
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