Tech News Wednesday May 20, 2009

May 20, 2009

Get your daily fix of news, gadgets, new websites, blog watch, video picks and cheap (under $1.00) tech products available via Amazon.

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Juliet Landau :: Best known for being a Drusilla in “Buffy” and “Angel” series and voice of the Little Sisters in “Bioshock”. (Follow Here . . .)

Best Posting : Working on 2nd issue of Dru comic. First draft almost finished” (Dru Comic??? Exciting)

Other Sources :  Website

Tech News

Germany to Google
“Erase raw street-level images” (Wall Street Journal . . .)

TMI App
Glympse is all about where you are located, wonderful for stalkers.  (AP . . .)

Ironman
Homemade suit, almost makes it look real. Except it is just a shell, no gadgets. (TechEBlog . . .)

Newer Isn’t Always Better
Companies just need to look to Vista, people aren’t interested in new . . . upgrade what they already have. (Yahoo Plugged In . . .)

Comments More Enteraining
Rachel Maddow mentions partner on MSNBC. (Gawker . . .)

Restart Your Engines
Yahoo and Microsoft tweak search engines. (Ars Technica . . .)

New Streaming Option
Windows Media Center and Netflix Marriage. (PC World . . .)

No Fair Unless UK Shares
Where is BBC, ITV and Channel 4 in United States?? (Telegraph . . .)

Web Site Watch

New York Public Library :: The New York Public Library quietly rolled out a new video series. Titled “Treasures,” it showcases 11 gems of the library’s vast collection of more than 50 million items.

The library also has made the videos available YouTubeâ” where its photography piece is by far its most popular with more than 13,000 views. The video, “Knowing What to See” is the only one featuring current events: the drug trade in Afghanistan as photographed by Stephen Dupont. (Link . . .)

Blog Watch

Regret the Error :: Blog reports on media corrections, retractions, apologies, clarifications and trends regarding accuracy and honesty in the press. This is a great starting point for anyone interested in learning more about the issue of media errors and accuracy.  (Link . . .)

Tech Quote

“The Internet? We are not interested in it”
– Bill Gates, 1993

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What to Get?

  • BFG GeForce GTX 260 OC MAXCORE 55 Video Card
  • EVGA nForce 750i SLI FTW Motherboard
  • Intel Pentium D 965 Extreme Edition Processor
  • OCZ Platinum XTC 4GB Dual Channel PC6400 Memory
  • Western Digital Caviar GreenPower 500GB Hard Drive
  • Ultra X-Blaster Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
  • Ultra LSP550 550-Watt Power Supply

Extreme gamers and multimedia lovers, get ready to build a killer PC with this EVGA nForce 750i SLI FTW Barebone Kit. The Evga nForce 750i SLI FTW mobo supports FSB 1066/1333MHz, dual-channel DDR2 800/1066MHz memory, PCI-E x16/x1, NVIDIA right-angle SATA II x 4 with RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5, and JBOD.

This SLI-ready speedster also supports 7.1channel Azalia (HAD) audio, Gigabit LAN, USB 2.0, and FireWire 1394A. This is great for gaming, imaging, 3-D graphics, video entertainment, and photos.

The Intel Pentium processor Extreme Edition features two full execution cores, each running at the same speed and each supporting Hyper-Threading Technology (HT Technology). With two threads per core that’s like four threads total. Once you put this EVGA nForce 750i SLI FTW Barebone Kit together and crank it up you will know how it feels to have EXTREME power!

Price : $499.99
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If you bought each of these parts individually, it would cost $800.

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Comic Book Pick

GI Joe
Batman Mad Love and Other Stories

Collects material from Batman Adventures (1992-1995 1st Series) Annual #1-2 and stories from the Batman Adventures Holiday Special (1995), Adventures in the DC Universe (1997-1998) #3 and Batman Black and White (1996) #1.

Written by Paul Dini, Bruce Timm and Glen Murakami.
Art and cover by Bruce Timm, Mike Parobeck, Matt Wagner, Dan DeCarlo, Klaus Janson and Glen Murakami.
Cover by Bruce Timm.

Tales by two of the creators behind the acclaimed Batman Animated TV series are collected for the first time in hardcover! The centerpiece of this fantastic collection is the Eisner Award-winning BATMAN: MAD LOVE, the surprisingly dark origin of Harley Quinn, co-starring The Joker and Poison Ivy as well as Batman.

Also included are tales by Dini, Timm and others that feature the Scarecrow, Ra’s al Ghul, Mr. Freeze, Batgirl and more., Hardcover, 208 pages, full color.

Video Pick

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