by LLRRoD on November 30th, 2009
The idiot of the day award goes to Jerome Charles Eberle, 39, from Winona, Minnesota. Apparently he was seen destroying televisions saying “Hammer” in a ‘monotone’ voice a Target store.
He was tased and brought in for mental evaluation.
A shopper reported seeing Eberle smashing TVs while saying “hammer” in a monotone. Another witness said Eberle was “walking like Frankenstein.” Eberle led police on a chase through the store, taking swings at officers with the hammer. Officers needed to use a Taser to take him into custody.
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by LLRRoD on November 30th, 2009
Another Thanksgiving Weekend is in the books. Went out and helped a friend snag a 32″ Westinghouse at Target last Friday. Wasn’t as bad as previous years, got there at 2AM, 23rd in line and got one no problems.
Today is dubbed Cyber Monday (created by e-tailers to compete with Black Friday). There are a few great deals, but overall nothing too exciting. The popular thing people are doing right now is the Bing Cashback, which gives you roughly 10% back on your order after thirty days or so.
So now back into the swing of things and the countdown begins to Christmas!
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by LLRRoD on November 26th, 2009
We would like to wish all our US viewers a happy and safe Thanksgiving! Drink, eat and be merry. Commence the food coma and preparations for tomorrow’s Black Friday! As always, stay safe and know your limits, don’t drink and drive! LOL.
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by LLRRoD on November 25th, 2009
Know of a special geek this Christmas, or one yourself? Hot Hardware has written a nice little gift guide to help you figure out what to get.
Click Here to check it out.
This year, we’ll cover the various components that you’ll need to build a few different types of systems, along with notebooks and netbooks for those who are looking for greater portability. In each category, we’ll cover high-end, mid-range, and budget models, so that you can easily find the parts you want at a price you can afford (or can attempt to afford). But of course, there’s no reason you can’t mix and match.
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by LLRRoD on November 24th, 2009
Looking for something good to do for the holidays and get an awesome rig at the same time? DarthBeavis has once again been at work on a monster creation for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. The auction ends on: Nov 24, 2009 20:03:56 PST.
It’s truly a great cause so if you have a chance, take a look at the auction .
Here is a small clip of the auction description:
- Eleven of the computer industry’s finest companies – including NVIDIA, ASUS, Crucial, Danger Den, Intel, Performance-Pcs.com, SilverStone, Smooth Creations, TigerDirect, Western Digital, and Outoftheboxmods.com, donated their products and services so that we could create one of the world’s fastest and most unique computers – and then auction that complete system on eBay and donate 100% of the auction price to charity. The auction of The Ultimate Gaming System will exclusively benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, the world’s top non-profit blood cancer research organization.
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by LLRRoD on November 23rd, 2009
Wondering which Blu-ray deal to go for this coming Friday? Basically it comes down to these players.
Samsung BD-P1600-A – $149.99
Sony BDPS36 – $149.99
Magnavox NB500 – $78.99
Insignia NS-BRDVD3 – $99.99
Hands down, the Samsung BD-P1600-A is the one to target or look for. Two main things it has that the other players don’t (have both): Wi-Fi and Internet Streaming. Why are these two things so important? Well for one, blu-ray players, unlike DVD players have firmware updates. Sometimes new content is available that’s downloaded to the device itself, having wi-fi makes it convenient without having to run ‘another’ cord behind your already cluttered entertainment center. Internet Streaming is the other biggie.
As an avid Netflix user, you’re going to want this feature. Whether you have netflix or you don’t, eventually you’re going to want to try it, and you won’t regret it. Why? Because sometimes you just want to stream a series or movie and don’t want to wait, rent or ‘download’ a movie. Having the freedom to stream through Netflix is an amazing and I think important feature to any blu-ray player.
The rest of the specs on these players are practically the same, and so is the price point. The Insignia and Magnavox are cheaper but I would definitely go for the Samsung BD-P1600-A. In fact I may just place an order for it for my parents, haha.
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by LLRRoD on November 23rd, 2009
Gamespot has done some performance test on various gaming machines ranging in specs. At the highest end machine, it was able to do about 141 FPS while the lowest was a meager 21 FPS. If you are running CoD: MW2 on a PC, this is a pretty good indicator of where your system may level off.
We put together a few sample systems to show how the game performed using real-world computers. Our slowest machine and the absolute minimum required to run the game, a 3.2GHz Pentium 4 paired with a GeForce 6800, struggled to churn out a barely playable experience at rock-bottom image-quality settings. Our mid-range system, outfitted with a 2.66GHz Core 2 Duo and a Radeon HD 5770, pumped out a more than playable experience with every setting on and a resolution of 1920×1200. The behemoth system, a Core i7-960 paired with the Radeon HD 5970, literally doubled the performance of our midrange sytem. The behemoth is entirely overkill for Modern Warfare 2.
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by LLRRoD on November 22nd, 2009
Not technology news, but important nonetheless.
Efren Peñaflorida has been named the CNN 2009 Hero of the Year. He started a pushcart classroom program in the Philippines and has helped a lot of the youth in poverty from going into a life of crime and gangs. In a world that we see more bad than good, it’s great to see when men and women like Efren are honored.
The event will air on Thanksgiving, November 26, 2009 at 9PM EST on CNN.
So to each and every person inside in this theater and for those who are watching at home, the hero in you is waiting to be unleashed. Serve, serve well, serve others above yourself and be happy to serve. As I always tell to my co-volunteers … you are the change that you dream as I am the change that I dream and collectively we are the change that this world needs to be.
Click Here to read the whole article.
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by LLRRoD on November 21st, 2009
If you’re looking to get an HDTV this year, don’t care about brand names and are looking at all the deals, consider this one.
$698 bucks on a 46″ LCD HDTV 1080P. It’s made by Sceptre and sold at Walmart, online only, available NOW. It’s a while supplies last, and I highly doubt these will stay in stock for very long.
Click Here to go straight to the deal.
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by LLRRoD on November 21st, 2009
Wondering when the next Windows is suppose to come out?
Well Microsoft recently released a roadmap. It’s currently codenamed “Windows 8″ and is projected to be released in 2012.
Click Here for more details.
On a side note, if you are still considering whether or not to upgrade to Windows 7, I do highly recommend it. As a previous Vista user, all I can say is it’s a lot better and much less of a hassle. Trying to search for anything in Vista was pretty much useless, but rest assured that Win7 has fixed a lot of these issues. Long story short, Win7 is what Vista should have been.
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