The video you can change the view
Posted in Internet, News on January 26, 2010 by FluffyThis interesting haiti.360 video, provided by cnn, is made from the car that rides through the streets of Port-au-Prince,as you can see, the camera twirls at 360 degrees.
I guess very soon everyone can go this way wandering virtually the streets, coming into the house and talking to people online – just must be found resources to store such giant amount of information. It’s something like Google Earth but here you can increase any point up to the size you need though it were country, city, street, land on the pedestrian’s eye level and go for a walk. You can also acces your own camera there.
Use your mouse to click and drag around the video to change the view. You can also zoom in and out. Pause and explore at any time by pressing the play/pause button under the video to stop and look around. The video below was shot on Monday, January 18, at 9:52 a.m. EST in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
Best PC Games 2009
Posted in Video Games on January 17, 2010 by Fluffy
I’m sure you have your own favorite games, then share with it!^-)
White and Gray Zones In The Internet
Posted in Computers, Internet, News on December 25, 2009 by FluffyChinese authorities have chosen the most secure sites for their citizens the rest of resources will be permanently blocked. Such practice is encouraged by the Russian and Belarusian officials.
Actually there is no country which do not practice one or another form of restriction of access Internet and content filtering. One of the most severe forms of control is filter for “white list”.
A new Chinese government’s program of Internet filtering has started to move from the policy of “black lists” to a policy of “white lists” – which means that if before the ordinary people of China could go on all sites, except for prohibited, but now they have access only to network resources, approved by the government.
According to Reuters, the formation of “white lists” and registration of new domains Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China requested the local Internet providers and domain registrars. “Domain names that are not listed in our list will not be served” – ministry said.
Though the new rules do not prohibit access to the foreign pages, Chinese media claim that the foreign registration page will also have to take place in the general procedure. Thus, the Beijing News publication wrote that if access to legal sites will be blocked, the Internet will not perform its basic function – just to comunicate people around the world.
Stay Connected
Posted in Computers, Internet, Technology on December 23, 2009 by FluffyHave you ever used your PC for conference call to listen the number of people on a call whether you need to wish a Merry Christmas your friends or discuss your business deals with professionals wherever they are? The Christmas is fast approaching. That’s right, December is the time when love weighs more than gold and despite of economic downturn impacting on many families’ budgets this year, the physical distance between family members or friends cant apart them especially on Christmas.
Today it doesn’t mean the holidays will be bleak. And this is not just allegations because regarding yrchnical progress you can keep your loved ones connected during not only the holidays but any time of year. And audio conference calls can very help you on the way. Video conference call has become mainstream technology. From home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another the warmth and joy of Christmas, brings us closer to each other.
I would wish everyone Happy Christmas!
To your enemy, forgiveness.
To an opponent, tolerance.
To a friend, your heart.
To a customer, service.
To all, charity.
To every child, a good example.
To yourself, respect.
To Win Every Day in December
Posted in Internet, Yahoo on December 1, 2009 by FluffyWell, you can try yourself. Starting today, December 1, 2009, Yahoo is giving away a 32GB iPod touch with $100 iTunes gift certificate each and every day for the entire month.
HOW TO ENTER: To enter, sign up or log on to your Twitter account and tweet to share your moments of 2009 in 140 characters or less INCLUDING the hash tag #myyearyahoo. To be eligible, you must include the hash tag within your tweet. Entries should not contain profanity or inappropriate language or content. Inappropriate entries will be disqualified by Sponsor in its sole discretion. One entry per person per day during the Promotion Period. A day is defined as 12:00:00 am through 11:59:59 pm.
No attempts to enter by other means will be accepted. Yahoo! is not responsible for incomplete, lost, late, garbled, unintelligible or misdirected entries, or for any errors or failures of any kind (including but not limited to human error) in the transmission, receipt, or processing of entries.
PRIZES: Thirty-one (31) prizes: Thirty-one (31) winners – one each day during the Promotion Period – will each receive an 32GB Apple iPod touch and a $100 Apple iTunes Gift Card (gift certificate subject to terms and conditions stated on gift certificate). Approximate retail value of each prize: $399.00. Total approximate retail value of all prizes: $12,369.00. Reporting and payment of all applicable taxes, fees, and/or surcharges are the sole responsibility of each winner. Sponsor will not replace any lost or stolen prize. Sponsor reserves the right to substitute any prize with another prize of equal or greater value at its sole discretion. Any difference between the actual value of a prize and the approximated prize value as stated in these rules will not be awarded.
See official rules for more details on http://yearinreview.yahoo.com/2009/moments
Lawsuits Against Nvidia
Posted in Computers on November 13, 2009 by FluffyThe five Owners of Apple, Dell and Hewlett-Packard laptops including a Louisiana man who bought an Apple MacBook Pro a year ago, have made their lawsuits against Nvidia, filed an amended complaint last week in a San Francisco federal court, accusing Nvidia of violating consumer-protection laws, computerworld.com reports.
Nvidia admitted to the problem in July 2008, when it said some older chipsets that had shipped in “significant quantities” of notebooks were flawed. In a subsequent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the company argued that its chip suppliers, the laptop makers and even consumers were to blame.
Nvidia later told the SEC that it would take a $196 million charge to pay for replacing the graphics processors.
Apple, Dell and HP have all told users that some of their laptops contain faulty Nvidia chipsets. Apple, in fact, essentially said that Nvidia had misled it. “Nvidia assured Apple that Mac computers with these graphics processors were not affected,” Apple said in a support document posted last October. “However, after an Apple-led investigation, Apple has determined that some MacBook Pro computers … may be affected.”
From Windows to Linux
Posted in Computers, Internet, News on October 21, 2009 by FluffyOn the eve of Microsoft’s launch of Windows 7, the gloves are off in the fight for business customers. IBM today unveiled an all-out campaign to persuade U.S. companies, governments and organizations to finally break their Windows habit and make the switch to Linux, usatoday.com reported.
“Our data shows a remarkably high number of organizations planning to standardize on the new Windows 7 operating system in the near-term,” says Chris Neal, a vice president at Chadwick Martin Bailey. “Those who are holding back for the time being are more commonly staying with XP, rather than Vista.”
“This is the chance so many companies have been waiting for to break the proprietary lock Microsoft has on the desktop.” said Bob Picciano, general manager of IBM Lotus software. “They can permanently free themselves and their IT budgets with open source computing.”
