Teh interesting tech news stub thread

[Grim]

I just think the Tech subforum needs one.

What better way to start than with Microsoft's children brainwashing book?

Or how about Bill Gates alluding to Vista's unpolishedness?

Yes? Yes?

[NiX]

http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9847108...=cnetfd.mt

Queen Elizabeth II is a tech-savvy grandma.

[NiX]

Did someone say porn?

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2247672,00.asp

"The iPhone is definitely a sexy phone. It's also the perfect vehicle for bringing mobile porn to Americans, according to adult content producers at the annual AVN convention in Las Vegas."

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10 Wacky Japanese Gadgets

http://www.pcmag.com/slideshow/0,1206,l=...366,00.asp

I particularly like the USB Air Conditioned Shirt.

[Sforza]

HUD-enabled contact lenses.

holy sh*t.
There are those "video eyeware glasses" by Vuzix here too. Technology is advancing too damn fast these days

I want to see my own AP and ammo counts, ground speed, mini map, radar and heat+energy bars, tnx.

[Grim]

Modding! Steampunk your tech. Very cool.

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Also, a flashlight that can burn holes in the sky... and on your skin.

[Sforza]

Terrorists May Use Robots in Future Attacks - FOX "news"

Now, here are the contentions.

- If militaristic economies stopped developing more weapons that can kill more people, we wouldn't have this problem.

With the current prices of robot construction falling dramatically and the availability of ready-made components for the amateur market, it wouldn't require a lot of skill to make autonomous robot weapons," said Sharkey.

That may sound far-fetched, but in fact iRobot, which makes the Roomba cleaning robots, also makes bomb-defusing and surveillance robots for the Pentagon. The company encourages reprogramming of the Roomba, and has even created a special version strictly for hackers and tinkerers.

- Fox says that your open source vacuum cleaner will kill you Srsly, take a look at the Roomba.
- Fox is implying that terrorists will make an indestructible, innumerable army of Asimos to kill you.

[cabs]

Technology + Cute Voice =


VOCALOID is a singing synthesizer application software developed by the Yamaha Corporation that enables
users to synthesize singing by just typing in lyrics and melody.

Official Website

Miku Hatsune is one of Japan's hottest new pop sensations. The 16-year-old's cute soprano voice has been near the top of the charts. The software charts. Hatsune is a vocal-synthesizer app created by Yamaha and based on data sampled from anime voice-actress Saki Fujita. The program lets aspiring music nerds create pitch-perfect vocal tracks by simply entering the lyrics (in Japanese or English) and musical notes. The AI superstar can be heard singing dozens of tunes on YouTube.
-Wired Magazine

- Japan just made the technology of voice synthesizing a step higher with this one. Now try comparing this
to Microsoft's monotone sounding Max (not sure about the name, forgot the name of that @#&%'$ program - never used it anyway)

-They even made her some PVs (Promotional Videos)
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Another PV and another one.

- found out about the program while I was just surfing
random videos on youtube. I got curious on how it works, so there
began my search...

Bokurano - Uninstall
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Snake and Hatsune doing a Duet
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- laughed my brains out with this one snake sure knows how to sing and rap

Fly me to the Moon
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- not bad eh...

Clannad - Dango Daikazoku
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- damn, i love this video
there are a lot more videos on youtube, try watching them - some might even amaze u.

@sforzando
-just noticed Hatsune is in your sig

[Serene]

Miku has taken another Republican hostage.

[Sforza]

The NY Times has an article out on Microsoft execs themselves running into compatibility and hardware problems while using Vista, based on internal email correspondence ordered released by a court in Seattle. MS got sued for selling computers with Vista capable stickers that couldn't run most of Vista's features.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/business/09digi.html

Gary Gygax, the co-creator of D&D died last week. D&D is the source of most of our hobbies today (see flowchart). The link below leads to a well written obit which all gamers ought to read.



http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/opinion/09rogers.html

[Grim]

RIP Gary Gygax. You affected the world far beyond D&D.

I laughed at how non-exposure to D&D led to girls.

[Sforza]

RIP Gary Gygax. You affected the world far beyond D&D.

I laughed at how non-exposure to D&D led to girls.

I was still playing MUDs as late as last year Most of the players were girls, or fake girls. A lot of players met their real life lovers through MU* games. Just noticed that GG also stands for the guy's initials. Now he just has to be L337.

[Serene]

A List of Good Sites, you don't know of...

http://tech.msn.com/products/article.asp...098&page=2

Thi9s one's one of them...
http://www.damninteresting.com/?cat=20

Astiig...

[Doom Trigger]

Geforce 9800 gx2

Quadcore videocard, WTF?!

[Sforza]

http://www.wired.com/entertainment/thewe...adgetblogs

ENGAGET vs GIZMODO: gear blog rivals turn the competition up to 11.
Very good read.

You've got to respect these gadget blog guys for what they do. It's pretty hard work.

[Sforza]

Griefers deface epilepsy message-board with seizure-inducing animations. Anon is blamed, but anon blames Co$ for frame-up job.

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/03/31/gri...-epil.html