Photo Awesome 29 Gordon Mah Ung Uses an iPad

Wait, wait, we know.

Don't freak out yet. In order to show off some cool new mobile features integrated into Photoshop, Gordon�had�to use an iPad during a video shoot. The app wasn't available for Android yet. He was visibly distraught throughout the experience, which we think you can see in this photo.�So, for the sake of brevity, we've decided to let you guys caption this picture. We'll read through all the captions on Monday, and the five funniest will get Maximum PC coins or t-shirts .�...

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http://respectedadmins.com/blog/photo-awesome-29-gordon-mah-ung-uses-an-ipad/

How To Build a Compact 3DEnabled HTPC For Less Than 1000

We set out to build a Sandy Bridge box that takes up little space in our entertainment center and fulfills all our streaming needs

We decided to subject our petite 3D HPTC to the same tests we've been running on HTPC-class machines for the past year. The tests aren't always apples-to-apples comparisons, as the amount of RAM varies and the storage subsystems are different, but they give a good feel for what kind of performance to expect from a given processor/graphics combination. The AMD Phenom X4 quad core in the Mvix Minix 890GX represents well in the multithreaded tests but it isn't as far in front of the Core i3-2100T as we would have expected. The mobile GeForce GT 425M in Asrock's...

Via: http://www.maximumpc.com

Phil Schiller denies white iPhone 4 thicker than black

Observations that the white iPhone 4 was thicker than the black model were given an unusual challenge on Sunday by Apple's VP of worldwide product marketing Phil Schiller. In a direct message to Ernesto Barron, he insisted that the white model was the same size despite hands-on tests. "Don't believe all the junk you read," Schiller said.......

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http://afanley.livejournal.com/1162548.html

10 Of Googles Weirdest Investments

Google really likes to spend money on clean energy projects.

But $40 million on Windmills?

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/google-weird-uses-of-money-2011-5#google-blew-40-million-on-windmills-1#ixzz1LCdlurJz

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http://www.businessinsider.com/google-weird-uses-of-money-2011-5#google-blew-40-million-on-windmills-1

More Than 40 Smartphone Patent Fights Hampering Development

The stream of smartphone-related patent lawsuits -- more than 40 since the start of 2010 -- could be a sign of a healthy market, or a deterrent to innovation.

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http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9216223/Smartphone_patent_fight_World_War_III_

Space Shuttle Launch to Put Giant Ray Detector in Space

NASA's Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer��a $1.5 billion cosmic ray detector��will blast off with Friday's Endeavour shuttle launch.

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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/04/110429-shuttle-launch-endeavour-ams-space-science-nation/

Crazy Warnings and Hacking Webcams AntiPiracy Indian Style

Last year anti-piracy company AiPlex Software hit the headlines after their threats to DDoS torrent sites led to them being DDoSd back by Anonymous.

Now another pair of companies from India are tackling piracy in their own inimitable styles, one by delivering preemptive warnings to the FBI and dozens of torrent sites and another by hijacking file-sharers webcams � and photographing them in the act.

Source:
http://torrentfreak.com/crazy-warnings-and-hacking-webcams-anti-piracy-indian-style-110501/