New pictures reveal the gory reality of Japan’s so called “scientific” whale hunt in the Southern Ocean. The pictures show in stark reality a slaughtered adult mink whale and its calf being hauled aboard a ship. The pictures were not taken by activists who are interested in protecting whales, but by officials of the [...]
Hard drive maker Western Digital has reached a new milestone by starting volume shipments of a 3.5" desktop hard drive with what it claims is the industry's highest areal density. The drive packs a whopping 320GB of storage capacity per platter using the same technology Western Digital has already applied to its existing 320GB Scorpio 2.5" notebook hard drive. (The 320GB Scorpio has two 160GB platters.)WD is introducing the new 320GB platters in a 3.5" Caviar-series desktop hard drive that features a capacity of only 320GB. The drive has a 7,200 RPM spindle speed, 16MB of cache, and support for 300MB/s Serial ATA transfer speeds as well as Native Command Queuing. According to WD, users should be able to find the new Caviar on store shelves immediately.Looking forward, WD plans to push 320GB platters into additional capacities among its desktop, enterprise, consumer electronics, and external hard drive lineups throughout the year. With 320GB per platter, WD could produce a 1.28-terabyte
They should've blown them out of the water when they didn't heed the first call to stand down. They were threatening the U.S. Navy and we shouldn't lose sailors because of being reluctant to go to war with Iran. In what U.S. officials called a serious provocation, Iranian Revolutionary Guard boats harassed and provoked three U.S. Navy ships in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, threatening to explode the American vessels. U.S. forces were on the verge of firing on the Iranian boats in the early Sunday incident, when the boats turned and moved away, a Pentagon official said. "It is the most serious provocation of this sort that we've seen yet," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the record. White House spokesman Tony Fratto said: "We urge the Iranians to refrain from such provocative actions that could lead to a dangerous incident in the future." The incident occurred at about 5 a.m. local time Sunday as a U.S. Navy crui
It’s been 20 years since Canon shipped the first film-based EOS 650 AF SLR, and although the camera industry has undergone some fundamental changes since, the EOS line remains as strong as ever. Canon announced today that it’s now shipped over 30 million EOS cameras, and over 10 million digital EOS units since launching those [...]
WidowPC announced today that it is shipping its first notebook based around NVIDIA's 512MB GeForce 8800M GTX GPU. The new Sting 517D2 pairs the GeForce 8800M GTX GPU with a 17" (WSXGA+ or WUXGA) display. Intel's Core 2 Duo processors power the notebooks and up to 4GB of DDR2 memory and 1GB of Intel TurboMemory can be added to enhance the gaming experience. "The new GeForce 8800M GPUs allow gamers to have the ultimate gaming experience on a mobile platform," said Joshua McClure, General Manager at WidowPC. "These new 8800M video cards are exactly what the doctor ordered to play Crysis at advanced levels of visual realism. We’re proud to be the first in North America to ship this incredible performance enhancer." The Sting 517D2 has a base price of $2,799 and comes standard with an Intel Core 2 Duo T7100 processor, WSXGA+ display, 1GB of DDR2 memory and a GeForce 8700M GT 512MB GPU. The GeForce 8800M GTX GPU can be added for a whopping $738. Another notable option is the MTRON 32GB SSD
Samsung today rolled out the SPF-83V, its first photo frame to offer a wireless sync feature. The 8-inch LCD incorporates an 802.11g Wi-Fi connection that will pull photos across the Internet from any site or service with an RSS image feed, such as Flickr; Windows Live members with a photo gallery also have access, [...]
With a determined crew of 40, Paul Watson sailed from the port of Melbourne heading toward the Antarctic in search of Japanese whaling ships. His Sea Shepherd and Conservation Society has been patrolling the seas for years in search of any ships that are out to kill whales. Last year he announced that his [...]
Two US Navy amphibious assault ships are on their way to Bangladesh to help authorities in relief and rescue operations after the powerful Cyclone Sidr
Tension on the Turkish-Iran border remained tense as Turkish helicopters blasted away at abandoned villages and former camps of the rebel Kurdish Workers Party(PKK). President Talibani of Iraq insisted that his nation is “against all violent operations against Turkey.” He also indicated his government would take a much harder line against the PKK and try [...]
Global emissions of carbon dioxide from shipping are twice that of aviation, a report by Intertanko, which represents the majority of the world's tanker operators, ...
Ah are we disappointed, the apple ITouch does not ship until September 28th, meaning we have to wait. So here is this wiz bang cool thing, and we know that there is no way that we are going to get one as a demo which is unfortunate. Then half the fun is in the waiting [...]
Sai Baba’s networked former followers face a formidable adversary. We do not cry our plans to expose him and his worldwide cult from the rooftops.
Our security of communications - in a word, secrecy - has been vital. Most of our networked former devotees had never in our lives been party to a public campaign. The [...]
It's the story of the little franchise that could as Majesco announced Cooking Mama on the DS has shipped a half million units.The DS game, and its Wii counterpart, have been responsible for significantly boosting Majesco's bottom line. Despite control issues with the Wii version, which Majesco addressed soon after, the DS version is definitely a shining example of solid DS control design.With a sequel in the works, it doesn't look like Cooking Mama is slowing down anytime soon. Although there isn't an official release yet, Todd Greenwald, an analyst with Nollenberger Capital, expects the sequel Cooking Mama 2: Dinner with Friends to be out by this holiday season. He goes on to say that Majesco may have found a gold mine in the casual market and will probably be focusing more effort on taking its relationship with Japanese developers to bring more casual titles to the Wii and DS. He expects Cooking Mama 2 could generate $20 million or more for the company. As Mama would say in her
iRiver announced the NV GPS and PMP in June. Now the world's sexiest gadget is shipping in Korea.The iRiver NV integrates portable media player functions with DMB TV and GPS navigation. A big scroll knob dominates the device.
Specifications:
1.3MP camera7 inch LED TFT screen with 800x480px...
Synchro Signals is an AC voltage sinewave based signal :Step-By-Step (SBS) signals (DC voltage based signal)DC voltage output changes (ON/OFF) in a specific pattern of six discrete states per degree of ships heading change. All phases high, or low, at any instant in time are illegal states (violation of gyro truth table).NMEAH heading signal(ASCII text DATA in RS-422 differential data signaling standard)Input is connected to an Aux Serial Port Adapter on the rear of the DAC-97 and the software on that ASPA board will only accept one updates every 0.75 seconds (gyro output may be more frequent).
I've just bumped on a sc2armory forum thread where a guy accidentally came across Starcraft II already selling at the ebgames.com store!
That wouldn't be so strange if they haven't set the release date (Pre-Release Ships 10/1/08)...
Of course, the quote above the item description says it's not the official information. But where did they dug the date from?
Official pricing and release dates have
Dell has reversed a decision to solely ship the new version of Windows, Vista
Dell decided on this move after hearing suggestions(or complaints, depending on how you look at them) not to ‘eliminate XP just yet’. The reasons primarily include familiarity and product compatibility. On another interesting note, Dell will be shipping Linux on their desktops [...]
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