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Dell Precision M4500 Preview

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:44:00 +0000

Late last year, Dell launched their most powerful 17-inch notebook, the M6500. Even though it is classed as "high performance" notebook the problem it faced was it's weight and size.

Dell Precision M4500 notebook is the only workstation on the market today offering Intel Core i7-920XM Quad Core Extreme Edition and NVIDIA Quadro FX 1800M graphics card.

The Dell M4500 notebook provides near instant access to e-mail, calendar, contacts, the Internet and virtual remote desktops, with a new technology called Dell Precision ON.

Other Dell M4500 features include: 3MP webcam, backlit keyboard with moult touch trackpad, Gobi 2.0 mobile broadband (optional), optional 64GB SSD MiniCard for additional high-performance data storage and a HD+ sRGB LED screen with 100% user selectable color gamut support

The Dell Precision M4500 supports 32-bit and 64-bit of Windows 7, Vista and XP along with Red Hat Linux 5.3 64-bit

No doubt this notebook is very powerful and for that power you can expect to pay almost $1700, that is for the Core i5 entry level model.

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Western Digital My Passport Studio Hard Drives with e-paper Displays

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:50:00 +0000

Western Digital recently introduced its new My Passport Studio portable hard drives featuring the super-fast FireWire 800 interface, password protection with 256-bit hardware encryption, usb 2.0 interface and a customizable e-label that's always visible, even when the drive is unplugged.

My Passport Studio hard drives feature a sleek and stylish design and are formatted for Mac computers.

They are compatible with Apple TimeMachine software, and feature automatic and continuous backup with WD SmartWare software, and 256-bit hardware-based encryption.

You can change the display on the front of the My Passport drives as often as you want by using the included WD SmartWare software. The screen show available capacity, your custom labels and whether the drive is locked or unlocked.

The interesting thing is that your e-label remains visible even when your drive is unplugged because the display uses "e-paper" technology.

The new My Passport Studio drives are offered in capacities of 320 GB, 500 GB and 640 GB and have a 3-year limited warranty.

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FrankMusik @ Oxford o2 Academy

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:08:00 +0000

We were excited when we booked our tickets to see FrankMusik live in December. Loved his music since the first time I found “In Step” online around 2 years ago now – absolutely amazing song that had me hooked from the first play and as you probably know, it takes a special kind of song to have someone love it from first play.

Ended up playing it to death and it is my most played on my iTouch with well over 300 plays (he competes with the likes of Michael Jackson, Take That, and tonnes of 80’s classics – yet FrankMusik is the only album I love to listen to (for the last year!).

So when I saw he was playing Oxford there was no chance I would be staying in that night. His support bands were awesome – Gigantor was amazing! Deep bass beats that got even the stiffest in the audience nodding.

Killa Kela was up next – astounding beat boxer from West Sussex had everyone up dancing then standing in awe as he made noises using his mouth that only something electrical should be able to make... outstanding!! Also an amazing singer too!!

Then came on FrankMusik – aka Vince Frank – looking ultra cool in his The Hundred’s t-shirt and crazy hair. Started with Time Will Tell which sounded soooo good and onto When You’re Around – one of my favourites and a hit with the crowd.

Fantastic vocals and incredible accompaniment on his keyboard you see that this guy loves what he does and he does it with such passion and knowledge that it’s an inspiration to listen to.

He played a number of tracks from his incredible Complete Me album (a favourite on my iTouch) In Step, Better Of As Two, Confusion Girl and 3 Little Words ooh and Gotta Boyfriend? He also sang Rihanna’s – Please Don’t Stop The Music and his version of Amy Winehouse’s Rehab which is fantastic.

He then sits down in front of his keyboard to entertain us with a rendition of the Pet Shop Boys hit Its A Sin – absolutely gorgeous!! I love to listen to him belting out a song on his keyboard/piano and so made me happy to hear he released Completely Me, an acoustic remix of Complete Me, you can really hear his mind-blowing abilities and you get to really appreciate that this guy writes his own lyrics and music which he then produces himself.

A real talent amongst so many manufactured bands – he actually deserves the lime light he so rightly should be in.

FrankMusik - When Your Around - Oxford Academy 5th December:

Article author: Zora Rajsic

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Brit girl to marry her notebook

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 22:39:00 +0000

Now this is one of those stories where people will call the girl “silly bit*h” or “is she stupid or what” without even asking is this for real?

This is just another social media experiment which will either end up making that girl famous or Apple will profit from the number of people who buy their notebooks as a result of this video.

At one point she even says we are part of a US group called LMAO which is lobbying our governments to legalize computer to human marriages. LMAO is all I can say to that because this social media marketing is boring me to death

At the moment this video experiment is not doing too well with mere 96 thousand views. I must say that Hermoine’s acting skills are not the best but we wish her luck regardless.

Marketing analysts are predicting a quick break up when she gets her hands on an iPad.

Now if you have 4 minutes to waste feel free to watch the video below and make your own assumptions. Feel free to comment below.

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The Final Destination 4 (2009)

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 23:23:00 +0000

There isn't much to say about this movie. It's pretty much identical to the first 3 instalments of Final Destination but with different effects. If you force me to pick one out of 3 I would definitely go for the Final Destination 3 because of its effects - especially the lorry-biker-logs scene.

The Final Destination is also pretty gruesome with too many bloody and gruesome scenes which it wasn't the case in first 3.

The Final Destination: A strange premonition causes four friends to abandon their day at the speedway, just before a crushing pileup hurtles cars into the bleachers with deadly consequences. They have cheated death but for how long?

The Final Destination (2009) is directed by David R. Ellis who directed Final Destination 2, Cellular and Snakes on a plane amongst others.

I watched the 3-D version and wasn't too impressed. The ending scene is probably the best scene in the whole movie but then again what do I know about movies - You go out and watch it and see what you think.

This movie also has mixed reviews around the net and the Final Destination in 3-D scores pretty low on IMDB.

Movie review by Nenad Rajsic.

Final Destination 4 trailer:

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JVC XS-SR3 iPod and iPhone Docking Station

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:53:00 +0000

This new JVC iPod speaker system features a unique wraparound design, Dolby Virtual Surround, and a dock that can also hold your iPod horizontally so you can watch movies and music while docked.

The new JVC XS-SR3 surround dock is a sleek, glossy black speaker tube with a curved design that allows the iPod to nestle between the speakers. The iPod holder rotates for viewing video in widescreen mode and comes with four clips to hold selected iPod models.

The speakers' powerful neodymium magnets ensure clean, crisp sound, while Dolby Virtual Surround creates the illusion of a wider sound field when viewing video content.

Power output is five watts and the system features two audio inputs, one analog and one digital optical.

The XS-SR3 docking station can also be used as computer speaker system.

The JVC XS-SR3 iPod docking station costs around $150.

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The Hangover (2009) Movie Review

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:28:00 +0000

The Hangover movie review, where do I start? The Hangover movie is about 4 guys that decide to hit Las Vegas before Doug (Justin Bartha) gets married.

The guys stay at Cesar’s Palace hotel and end up going to the roof of the hotel to toast the night ahead. As it turns out Doug's future brother-in-law Alan (Zach Galifianakis) decided to make their night out more interesting buy buying some ecstasy tablets and spiking their drinks without them knowing but instead of ecstasy he was given the rape drug hence why they couldn’t remember a thing when they woke up the next morning with their apartment demolished, found a baby and a tiger in their apartment, Stu has a missing tooth and Phil is wearing a hospital bracelet and they realise that Doug is missing.

This is where their search for Doug starts with guys heading to the hospital to see why Phil is wearing their bracelet.

Without revealing too much their search for Doug puts them in a lot of funny situations as they try to discover what really happened the night before. They also find Mike Tyson in their apartment who has found keys to their room in the cage of his tiger :).

There is also a naked Chinese mafia guy in the boot of their car, the very same guy ends up demanding $80.000 that was stolen from him the night before in exchange for their friend Doug. Of course if that was the case the movie wouldn’t be that funny so you will have to watch it to discover what really happened. I must say that I was a bit shocked when I saw Mike Tyson in there and somewhat surprised with his appearance. He is definitely not Mike Tyson I remember – he definitely needs to lose some weight.

Can’t write much more without revealing the whole story line. You will just have to trust me and go out and watch The Hangover movie and I can guarantee that you will not be disappointed.

Cast: Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Heather Graham, Sasha Barrese, Jeffrey Tambor, Ken Jeong, Rachael Harris, Mike Tyson, Mike Epps etc.

Movie review submitted by: Nenad Rajsic

See The Hangover trailer below:

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Dell 5130cdn - World's Fastest Color Laser Printer

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:54:00 +0000

The Dell 5130cdn printer can print up to 47 single-sided letter pages and up to 37 double-sided letter pages per minute which makes it the world’s fastest letter size single-function office color laser printer. You can also print duplex pages at up to 37.6 ppm (letter) in both mono and color.

With such speed and with a monthly duty cycle of up to 110,000 pages you just can't go wrong.

The Dell 5130cdn printer features Dell's ColorbyDell quality solution, a total print quality solution that delivers excellent color saturation and image sharpness and outstanding print quality.

The Dell 5130cdn printer brings significant energy and cost savings by using a new toner formulation that fuses at a lower temperature, enabling a remarkable Cost Per Page of 1.04c for black and white and 7.71c for color print outs.

Dell ColorTrack Pro allows you to centrally monitor and control access to color printing on the Dell 5130cdn printer.

The Dell 5130cdn printer retails for around $1,500 and if you are crazy enough then you can buy a few additional accessories directly from Dell such as:

USB cable = $21 wot wot?
550 sheet paper tray = $249
Finisher with stapler stacker = $999
Staple pack = $100

The Dell 5130cdn might be the fastest printer in the world but it certainly isn't cheap.

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The Last Island (1990) Movie Review

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:25:00 +0000

Thought I would give The Last Island a go as you generally find little gems of a movie within titles/actors/age of the movie that you generally would just flick past.

It has a great cast Sean (Paul Freeman - a billionaire gay) who is my favourite character. Joanna (Shelagh McLeod) playing a strong headed woman to inspire to. Mrs Godame (Patricia Hayes – great actress) playing a wise retired woman (fab character too). Nick (Kenneth Colley – great actor!) God loving preacher. Pierre (Marc Berman) general nice French chap and Jack (Ian Tracey) young chap wants a laugh and lots of girls! And that’s it :)

These 7 characters end up in a plane crash on a lonely uninhabited island without any means of communication. They survive for quite a while before people change and turn on each other.

They think (didn’t quite know why!) that the whole planet had been hit by who knows what and no one had survived. And it was up to Joanna to repopulate!!

I wont put any spoilers in here but safe to say it’s a great movie and has that real feel of an oldie but a goodie.

Now a days movies are full of special effects and sometimes, not so great acting.

The cast was perfect and they played their characters very well!! I was going to put this in the title but its quite a large spoiler I suppose :)

So Ill put it here - don’t read any further!! Its a great line from one of my fav movies that kinda suits this movie down to the ground :) 'Man Kills Man - Woman Inherits the earth' :) teehee :) (Jurassic Park - probably am paraphrasing there though!

The Last Island Movie Review by: Zora Rajsic

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JVC PICSIO GC-FM1 HD Pocket Camcorder Preview

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:21:00 +0100

The Picsio GC-FM1 HD camcorder is JVC’s first pocket flash memory camera. PICSIO GC-FM1 is designed for people who want a small and simple camera that allows them easy sharing and delivers high quality video and still images.

PICSIO features eight-megapixel stills and 1080p Full HD with some fancy features such as image stabilization that minimizes camera shake even when the 4X digital zoom is used. Picsio GC-FM1 is about the size of a small cell phone, and is available in Black Ice, Blue Steel and Purple Passion colors. , You can view your videos and photos on a two-inch LCD screen.

Design wise is also very appealing as it comes with a case that features a tone-on-tone geometric pattern and chrome accents for a jewel-like appearance.

Videos are recorded in the widely-used MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 format and stored as .MOV files. All photos and videos are stored on SD/SDHC memory cards.

The PICSIO GC-FM1 Camcorder provides four video and still recording modes:

Picsio Video Recording Modes
Mode Image size Frame Rate
1080p 1440 x 1080p 30 fps
720p 1280 x 720p 60 fps
VGA 640 x 480p 60 fps
QVGA 320 x 240p 30 fps

Picsio Still Recording Modes
Mode Image size Aspect Rate
8 M 3264 x 2448 4:3
5 M 2592 x 1944 4:3
2 M 1600 x 1200 4:3
0.3 M 640 x 480 4:3

Connectors include HDMI out (Mini), AV out and USB 2.0/1.1. The camera charges via USB connection, so it automatically charges whenever connected to a PC and not transferring files.
JVC Picsio GC-FM1 Price: $199.95

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