Strengthening its line up of portable 1.8” hard drives for external storage markets, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today announced its 250 Gigabyte (GB) 1.8 inch hard disk drive, the Spinpoint N3U which incorporates a native USB controller on its printed circuit board. This optimized design results in a smaller foot print, less power consumption and optimized performance, which is ideal for portable external storage devices. The Spinpoint N3U stores up to 125 Gigabytes per platter for a total 250GB data storage capacity.
“The new high-capacity 1.8” 250GB drive enhances Samsung’s product offerings and is ideal for consumers who require a small form factor, high capacity data storage,“ said Choel-Hee Lee, vice president of marketing Storage System Division, Samsung Electronics. “It is easy to carry around and it is designed to withstand a free fall drop of up to 50 centimeters and be resistant to a maximum shock incident of up to 1500G.”
Samsung now ships industry leading areal density levels for all of its hard disk form factor products with up to 1.5 Terabyte for 3.5” drives, 500GB for 2.5” drives and 250GB for 1.8” drives. The Spinpoint N3U comes in 120-, 160-, 200- and 250-GB capacities, the disk rotation speed is 3600rpm, and it supports a USB 2.0 interface. The drives are equipped with an 8MB cache memory. Initial shipments to OEMs are scheduled from mid-July with a MSRP at $199.00.
To all the beer lovers around the Tampa area I have a treat for you. The annual Craft Beer Expo scheduled for July 18 at the Mahaffey Theater near downtown St. Petersburg's waterfront.
The venue is part of the Progress Energy Center for the Arts, 400 First St. S. This year's festival is from 2-7 p.m.
Tickets are $30 for the main beer tasting event and access to seminars on subjects like beer and food pairings and homebrewing demonstrations. A VIP ticket for $60 will get you all that plus access to pairing parties featuring cheeses, chocolate and main dishes like barbecue.
You can also follow this expo on Facebook and maybe even win a free ticket to the expo. They will be giving away one more free ticket soon.
Sony PlayStation 3 owners used to have the ability to watch Hulu content through their video game consoles, due to Playstation adding flash browser capabilities. This is not the case anymore due to users are now reporting that they are getting errors when trying to access Hulu content. The error message is as followed: "Unfortunately, this video is not available on your platform. We apologize for any inconvenience."
The problem occurred hopefully due to the 2.80 firmware update -- if not, however, it's possible PS3 users are being intentionally blocked if Hulu no longer wants its content available through the PS3. In the June 26th PS3 system update, there doesn't appear to be any terms of service changes related to Hulu TOS update.
Sony has apparently been silent about the entire issue, with no public statements made by the company. Hulu has not made any public statement either. So at this time we only have speculations of what might have happened.
In the meantime, their are a couple different ways to get around the issue of no Hulu. The first would be to add a media server that offers Hulu as a service. The one I currently just added was PlayOn . What is PlayOn you ask? PlayOn is software that you can purchase for $40 that allows you to watch movies in your Netflix Instant queue, Hulu videos, Youtube, some ESPN videos, CBS shows and newly added Amazon Video on Demand on your PS3. There are other video plugins that can be added as well.
Go here for more information and a 14 day free trial:
The second options is to trick Hulu. Some clever users have figured out how to workaround the issue. You're going to need a computer running Linux or Windows and some third-party software, however.
The hack involves using a proxy server to trick Hulu into thinking that your PS3 is a Windows machine running Firefox. You can find the instructions here, but honestly, it's probably not worth doing all of this for Hulu on your TV.
That's right people, the Zune HD is real, and it's coming this Fall. Here are some of the features that Microsoft has added to the new Zune HD.
Touch Screen Get quick and instant access to your content with multi-touch navigation. With a 3.3-inch screen and vivid 16:9 OLED display (480x272 resolution), premium entertainment is at your fingertips.*
HD Radio Tune into all your favorite stations with crystal-clear reception. With an integrated HD Radio receiver, you can access a variety of HD Radio stations at no additional cost. Plus, tag the songs you like for later purchase.
HD Video Out Watch supported 720p HD movies, TV shows and videos in high definition on your HDTV through the Zune HD & AV Dock (sold separately). Or take them with you for premium entertainment on the go. Additional dock and HDTV are required.*
Wireless Connect, update, and buy content wirelessly from Wi-Fi hot spots. Stream millions of songs over Wi-Fi directly to your Zune HD and turn it into a portable digital jukebox.
Web Browser Surf the web anytime, anywhere you have a Wi-Fi connection. Enjoy your favorite websites with a full-featured web browser including tap-to-zoom technology, built-in accelerometer, and touchscreen QWERTY keyboard.
Handheld games have grown over the years to become more advanced and more complex. Let's take a look back on the gold old days of simpler handhelds of the past. Tomy was a company who made electromechanical games back in the day. I can remember playing the Turbo Turnin Dashboard when I was a kid. That is when things were so much easier and less complex. Here are a couple of Tomy toys.
Tomy Turnin' Turbo Dashboard (1983, Lights, 4 D Batteries)
Driving simulator, table-top design. Lights and mechanical parts.
Tomy Blip / Blip-o-Mat (1977, LED/Mechanical, 2 AA Batteries)
Blip... This is a mechanical Pong-type game. All of the game play is mechanical, powered by a wind-up timer mechanism. The batteries are only there to light up the single red LED light that represents the ball. (You can actually play the game with no batteries in a bright enough setting).
Tomy Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pocket Games (1982, None, None, wind-up) Wind up games, part of the Pocket Arcade series (also called Technoboy series in Japan). This was a sub-series of 4 games based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, one game for each of the turtles (they were sold seperately). Donatello's Sewer Seltzer Canon, Leonardo's Pizza Vault, Michaelangelo's Tunnel Trap and Raphael's Sewer Battle.
Tomy Digital Derby (1978, Lights/Mechanical, 2 C Batteries)
Another one of Tomy's electro-mechanical games. The battery does power the mechanism via a small motor. The lights in the game are normal, flash-light style light bulbs. (Foreign release called Black Racer, Demon Driver and Formula 1.) (Check out Drive Yourself Crazy...)
Gary Duke has written a simulator for this game that works on Palm OS PDAs, check it out here.
Tomy Attack In Space (1982, None, Wind-up)
Wind up game, part of the Pocket Arcade series (also called Technoboy series in Japan).
Here are some free Grunge Textures that I found on Deviant Art. In being a Photoshop user I'm always looking for different resources to use or manipulate in my graphic work. So with this being said I would like to share it with others so that they may do the same.
We as people have creative minds. We are always looking for ways to market ourselves when it comes to our business. So whats that first thing that comes to your mind? Well your business card would be one aspect of your business. This is how we market ourselves while we are out and about mingling with others. So what could make your business card stick out. While here are some ideas of creativity for your next business card.
Metal card. Doubles as a cake cutter.
The message is very important if you're going to bear the extra cost of laser cutting or die-cutting.
Card that grows little plants when placed into water made for a gardener.
Come up with a fun die-cut.
Make an 3D plastic card Who doesn't like a business card that turns into a chair.
You can make the holes big enough so you can put your fingers through to complete the picture, like on this card for Yoga classes.
This is just funny. Vigra haha!
Lastly watch this video "Your Business Card is Crap".
This weekend I got a chance to see a Nikon S60 camera while at a fashion show. I hadn't seen this camera before. The first eye catcher for me was the full on touch screen. I'm a sucker for technology with touch screens. They have a better ease of use in my view. So I did a little homework about it because I am interested in purchasing one. Here some info on the Nikon S60. Tell me what you guys think. Do you know of any other really cool touch screen cameras? Leave a comment.
10.0 Megapixels for stunning prints as large as 16 x 20 inches. Sharp resolution captures the finest details, crop creatively and produce incredible enlargements.
5x Optical Zoom-NIKKOR Glass Lens NIKKOR optics provide exceptional pictures. NIKKOR lenses are built on a proud heritage of producing precision camera optics that delivers superb color and razor-sharp results.
New, Amazing, Bright 3.5-inch High Resolution TOUCH PANEL LCD offers 160º Wide-Angle of Views enabling easy access to all the camera controls without the conventional buttons to push. The anti-reflection coating applied to the touch panel enhances viewing even in bright light.
Customizable Touch Panel Display enables easy operation with a choice of three different Home displays, and you can even write a personal message on your photos with the included stylus. Conventional buttons, with the exception of the on/off switch and the shutter release, are all accessed via the touch panel making it easier than ever to access all the camera controls.
New HD Pictmotion Slide Shows lets you create slide shows with your music for play back on the camera, your HD LCD or plasma television.
High Quality TV Movies with Sound is now just a press of a button away with your COOLPIX. Record TV-quality movies with sound; duration is limited only by the available space on your SD/SDHC card. Connect your camera to your TV and you have instant home-movies.
Available Colors: Crimson Red, Espresso Black, Arctic White, Burgundy, Champagne Pink and Platinum Bronze.
I came a crossed an interesting website called reverse graffiti.com. On this site it explains of an artist and a film director coming together to create an environmentally friendly work of art and a film about a philosophy of clean. The artist Paul "Moose" Curtis created his work of art with the use of stencils and water pressure.
____________________________________________________________________ San Francisco’s Broadway tunnel is a highly traveled thoroughfare in the heart of the city. Over 20,000 cars, trucks, and motorized vehicles pass through it per day. Its walls are caked with dirt and soot, and lined with patches of paint covered graffiti from days gone by. It set the perfect canvas to create a beautiful work of art showcasing the talents of reverse graffiti artist “Moose”, and the power of Green Worksplant based cleaner.